If I had not paid for mod 2 and be way into it, I would go the shorter route. Even having all the exams, the IR(H) is penal in cost and most of the low time work is around VFR activities/ single pilot.
Until September, most ground schools were only advertising ATPL(H) courses so this was really the only way.
As I have paid for the goods, almost finished and have a good relationship with an existing school/ instructors it is too late for me to swap, especially as the location of the training provider would just be a short walk as opposed to a long drive to the South.
Ho hum, timing is everything..
h-r