Any Qualified Provider (AQP) is a contractual system within the NHS internal market of the English National Health Service. The system was introduced under the Labour administration in 2009/10 under the name "Any Willing Provider" and was accelerated under the coalition Government which formed in 2010.

This paper looks at the introduction of the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) policy and debates the different models under which AQP may operate. As a policy that aims to take into account patients’ values and needs, the NHS Confederation envisages that AQP will operate under three models: • competition in the market • competition for the market

Any qualified provider (AQP) is a type of NHS contract, which allows non NHS as well as NHS organisations to provide NHS services. AQP contracts apply to West Sussex residents. The AQP programme aims to give patients more choice about where they receive selected health services.

2023年9月22日 · An AQP is a procurement model that allows Commissioners to choose from a range of providers, all of whom meet NHS quality and pricing standards. The contract is centrally managed by the London Purchased Healthcare Team (LPH).

Here are our answers to questions and issues you have raised with us on the use of Any Qualified Provider (AQP) in adult hearing services. We think these answers and questions are also relevant...

By choice of Any Qualified Provider (AQP) we mean that when patients are referred (usually by their GP) for a particular service, they should be able to choose...

The following principles govern an AQP approach to contracting for healthcare services: Providers qualify and register to provide services via an assurance process that tests providers’ fitness to offer NHS-funded services. Commissioners set local pathways and referral protocols which providers must accept.

2011年6月28日 · This paper explains how this can be achieved by using the right levers (competition and choice) to achieve the right outcome. This paper looks at the introduction of the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) policy and debates the …

CHC is a package of care funded solely by the NHS, for people with ongoing healthcare needs. This AQP is for service users eligible for: •NHS CHC mental health adult (including dementia);...

What is Any Qualified Provider (AQP)? The AQP scheme is a government initiative to offer patients a choice of providers for certain key services that can be delivered in the community. Providers who qualify will all have met certain minimum standards regarding the …