Meeting Reports
“Meet the Insurers”
This meeting held on the 23rd May 2007 in conjunction with the London Consultants’’ Association was extremely well attended and gave rise to a lively debate. The meeting has been reported in a press release from FIPO and has also been reported in various publications:
Healthcare Market News - June 2007
Health Insurance & Protection Magazine - July 2007
Independent Practitioner - July 2007
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FIPO Council Meeting
23rd May 2007
Speakers at this meeting included John Billings, Head of the Independent Sector at the Healthcare Commission, Gerard Panting Chairman of CGAC and other Board members. The discussion was a detailed review of professional regulation, MAC and Chambers functions, Clinical Governance, the Macro-economics of the Market and Managed Care. Subscribing members can obtain details of this meeting from the FIPO administrator.
Consultant Ophthalmologist and Anaesthetists Meeting
A meeting of Ophthalmologists and Anaesthetists was held on 17th October 2006 at the Kings Fund, London. Consultant ophthalmologists and anaesthetists discussed aspects of the BUPA Approved Ophthalmology Network and the PPP strategy of a similar network via certain independent hospitals.
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Professional Quality and Patient Outcomes in the Independent Sector and NHS
Tuesday 20th June
A successful meeting was held with the Forum on Quality in Healthcare at the Royal Society of Medicine on 20th June 2006...
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Quality Assurance in the Independent Sector:
The Role of the Profession and the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC)
November 9th 2005
A stimulating meeting was held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. The audience comprised MAC chairmen, hospital managers and governance personnel from the private sector and Healthcare Commission and GMC officials.
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FIPO Road Show Meeting at BJBraun - Sheffield
March 10th 2005
A small but select audience heard three presentations at this road show organised by FIPO at BJBraun close to Sheffield. The Chairman of FIPO presented some of the economic features facing the profession. Mr Glazer outlined the historical developmental of the independent sector and the impact of governmental changes in terms of ISTC’s, NHS contracting and HRGs.
UK Independent Medicine - Explosion Or Implosion?
November 2004
This meeting, held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Regent’s Park, London on November 10th 2004, discussed the major changes in healthcare delivery and the impact on consultant practice.
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Contracting or Employment of Consultants
March 2004
The thrust of the meeting, held on 10 March 2004, was to discuss the future status of Consultants in the Independent and NHS Sector in terms of employment and contracting in the light of changes of acute healthcare delivery and the introduction of ISTC’s (Independent Sector Treatment Centres)...
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Diagnostic & Treatment Centres
October 2003
A major meeting to discuss the implications of DTCs on the NHS, training of surgeons and anaesthetists an in the independent sector was held on 7th October at the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London with major speakers...