Any Qualified Provider

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. In 2011 the name of the system was changed to "Any Qualified Provider", although there were no substantial changes to its operation.^{[citation needed]}

Its implementation was achieved through the NHS operating framework^{[clarification needed]} and a strong central team^{[clarification needed]} based in the Department of Health^{[clarification needed]} that supported and oversaw local implementation. It did not require any statutory instrument to achieve its aims and was often incorrectly considered to be part of the reforms associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2012.^[1]