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Welcome to the Independent Healthcare Advisory Services |
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The Independent Healthcare Advisory Services (IHAS) brings together its subscribing members from across the independent healthcare industry to share knowledge, expertise and innovation, for the common good. IHAS: facilitates communication between its members; the governments of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and regulatory authorities drives policy advancement with shared member input and consultation in all four countries of the United Kingdom delivers focused, practical information and guidance in all areas of healthcare regulation and policy, sharing and distributing knowledge hosts the Independent Sector Complaints Adjudication Service (ISCAS) acts for the Scottish Independent Hospitals Association and the Welsh Independent Healthcare Association.
IHAS maintains the only impartial network serving the operational needs of the independent healthcare industry in all four UK countries.
All major UK independent acute healthcare providers subscribe to IHAS, as do most medium sized healthcare providers and many smaller ones. In January 2009 there were 88 organisations in membership, up from 75 in 2008 and including 12 organisations that had joined in the past year.
The IHAS belongs to the Trade Association Forum.
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MRSA screening in the independent sector |
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The national guidance for NHS organisations recommends MRSA screening for all elective patients. IHAS have compared this guidance with the current MRSA risk assessment approach taken by the sector, and concluded that its current approach to screening remains the most appropriate.
IHAS categorically supports screening of high risk patients. IHAS proposes a model for MRSA screening by the members it represents.
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Independent Sector Healthcare providers perform well in the Healthcare 100 Top Places to work |
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BENENDEN Hospital Trust is the UK's top healthcare employer – so says an authoritative survey published in March 2009, backed by NHS Employers. Benenden Hospital Trust beat every other hospital in the UK to become the best place for healthcare professionals to work. The independent hospital, owned by the Benenden Healthcare Society, took home six awards at a special lunch held at the London Hilton, in Park Lane on 2nd March. |
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