What is an "NHS Independent Provider"?

[Orphia Nay]

What is an "NHS Independent Provider"?

Notorious "Renowned" Dissociative Identity Disorder inducers sorry, therapists Valerie Sinason and Rachel Thomas' website, Clinic For Dissociative Studies has a banner that looks like this:

Rachel Thomas' bio says:

http://clinicds.co.uk/?page_id=79

"She has worked as a Child and Adolescent and Adult Clinical Psychologist in the NHS since 2000 and as an Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in the NHS, voluntary sector and private practice since 2005."

Has the NHS been paying these people to do what many educated people think should not be done?

 

[Camillus]

It's a private business that contracts with the NHS to provide services for NHS patients.

At its worst it's a scam that allows sub-standard private healthcare providers to cream off simple NHS work, bodge it, charge the NHS a mint and then depart while the NHS cleans up the mess and picks up the additional cost.

 

[Francesca R]

I think GPs and pharmacies are mostly independent NHS providers.

 

[Camillus]

I think GPs and pharmacies are mostly independent NHS providers.

No. GPs are part of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) that plan and commission care for hospital, community and mental health in their area. Pharmacies are paid to supply medicines under the NHS drug tariff scheme and are not independent providers.

Independent providers are private healthcare providers who are licensed by Monitor to take on NHS work. They are paid a rate set by Monitor and are bound by its rules when dealing with NHS patients.

 

[The Don]

Private Eye has been scathing about a number of NHS Independent Providers. I've also heard some Doosies from an ex-neighbour who is a orthopaedic surgeon and has seen it from both sides of the coin.

The good ones are no doubt good but IMO there is to much incentive to provide poor service and the current government is even keener to use them than the last lot.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Independent providers are private healthcare providers who are licensed by Monitor to take on NHS work. They are paid a rate set by Monitor and are bound by its rules when dealing with NHS patients.

Thank you very much. Do you know anything about how an independent provider gets licenced, and whether there are reviews of their licences?

Private Eye has been scathing about a number of NHS Independent Providers. I've also heard some Doosies from an ex-neighbour who is a orthopaedic surgeon and has seen it from both sides of the coin.

The good ones are no doubt good but IMO there is to much incentive to provide poor service and the current government is even keener to use them than the last lot.

Thanks. Is Private Eye a newspaper?

 

[Stuart]

Thanks. Is Private Eye a newspaper?

Satirical weekly - normally a good read (if you're not a public figure!)
See wiki here or their own one here

 

[Camillus]

You can read all about the process on Monitor's site.

 

[The Don]

Satirical weekly - normally a good read (if you're not a public figure!)
See wiki here or their own one here

[snark]biweekly [/snark]

Stuart is right, Private Eye is often willing to publish stories that more august organs are unwilling to print. They also have well placed sources in a variety of industries and comment on the current state of those industries. Their position appears to be contrarian, they are against everyone so will oppose whoever is in power.