An Independent Provider is an ORGANISATION.

An Independent Provider (IP) is a private sector Health Care Provider that is contracted by the NHS in the provision of healthcare or in the support of the provision of healthcare.

Independent Providers are typically the smaller providers of healthcare such as hypnotherapists, medical CONSULTANTS working privately outside of the NHS, nursing homes, private practices and clinics etc.

Note: the structure of Independent Provider ORGANISATIONS is such that they can’t have related sites.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	IP
plural	Independent Providers