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IHPN Launch “Refresh” of Medical Governance Framework for Independent Providers

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The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has published an updated and refreshed Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework (MPAF). All doctors in private practice should be familiar with the Framework, central to continuously improving the safety and quality of care they deliver to millions of patients every year. See IHPN press release

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