Independent Healthcare Providers Network: Medical practitioners assurance framework refresh (26 September 2022)

Summary

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has launched a “refresh” of its Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework (MPAF), designed to further improve the safety and quality of care independent providers deliver to patients.

The MPAF – led by former National NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh – contains key principles to strengthen and build upon the medical governance systems already in place in the sector and sets out expected practice in a number of key areas.