Private practice is paid work undertaken as a professional that is not part of the NHS. Many practitioners will practise medicine in a private setting in addition to working in the NHS, although some practitioners may have retired from the NHS (or have never worked in that sector) and only work in the private sector. Practitioners will generally be self-employed, although there are a few hospital facilities that now employ clinical staff. There are various treatment sites that a practitioner can use to practise medicine in the private sector: hospitals, clinics and consulting rooms, which may be located anywhere including their own home. In order for patients to be funded by private medical insurance companies, the treatment sites will need to be recognised by them.
Data elements required for each separate private practice facility and their visibility to insurer and hospital organisations:
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INSURER |
HOSPITAL* |
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Hospital/Practice Name |
The name of the facility where the practitioner sees patients on a private basis. |
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Addresses |
Address of the private facility. The practitioner lists additional correspondence and billing communication information for the named private facility. Further details on this separate standard can be found here. |
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Type of Care Provided |
The type of care provided by the practitioner at the named private facility. |
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Patients Treated |
Age group breakdown for patients treated by the practitioner at the named private facility based on the CQC's service users' bands. |
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Practice Hours |
The sessions and frequencies that the practitioner is available per day to see/treat patients at the named private facility. |
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Start Date |
The date the practitioner started seeing patients at the named private practice site. |
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End Date |
The date the practitioner ceased seeing patients at the named private practice site. |
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Medical Secretary |
Details of the medical secretary linked to the practitioner's private practice at the named private practice site. Further details on this separate standard can be found here. |
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* Please note the visibility of other treatment facilities will soon be expanded. For hospitals the elements with a yellow bullet will only be visible for their own facility and others in the same hospital group, but not for any other facility where the practitioner also sees or treats private patients.
Red = Mandatory Blue = Conditional Green = Automatically populated