Social Enterprise - is this your solution? (Oct 2006)
A conference organised by NHS Networks, the Department of Health Social Enterprise Unit, the Social Enterprise Coalition and the Cabinet Office. Hotel Russell, London - 10 October 2006.
Notes on the workshops will be added shortly. You can view some photographs of the event on this page.
For more on social enterprises in health and social care see our Social Enterprise Section. You can also join the Social Enterprise Network.
A summary of the key speeches:
- Social Enterprise and the White Paper - why it is relevant to you - Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Health (Word, 40KB) (for details of the £1m of funding announced for social enterprises by the Secretary of State, see this news story)
- Social Enterprise - an overview - Jonathan Bland, Chief Executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition (Word, 26KB)
- Also - Jonathan Bland's accompanying presentation (ppt, 3.5MB)
Presentations and feedback from workshops:
New Governance Models
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Rushcliffe Social Enterprise: what, who, why and how? - Dr Stephen Shortt, Project Sponsor, Rushcliffe Social Enterprise (ppt, 380KB)
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Local Care Direct - Rev Dr Sarah Baker, Clinical Director & Deputy Chief Executive, Local Care Direct (ppt, 167KB)
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Workshop feedback (Word, 40KB)
Involving the community - not just patients
- A Patient's Journey - Dr Sam Everington, Deputy Chair, British Medical Association and Director, NHS LIFT (Please note: this presentation, which consisted of 40 photographs, is more than 120MB in size and we have been unable to compress it to a reasonable level.)
- Social Enterprise: Improving the experience of disadvantaged and vulnerable people - Fay Selvan, Chief Executive, The Big Life Company and Chair, Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust (ppt, 1.9MB)
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Workshop feedback (Word, 40KB)
Solving Workforce Issues
- SCA Health and Care Group - Francis Davis, SCA Health and Care Group (ppt, 28KB)
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Workshop feedback (Word, 40KB)
Opening up the channels for new leaders
- Swimming with sharks - becoming a social entrepreneur - Dave Dawes, Director of European Nursing Leadership Foundation (ppt, 914KB)
- Providing community services Is there another way…? - Lance Gardner, Projects Director, North-East Lincolnshire PCT (ppt, 457KB)
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Workshop feedback (Word, 40KB)
Creating new social enterprises, legal and governance issues
- Fit for Purpose: what sort of Social Enterprise? - Cliff Mills, Chris Brophy and Ross Griffiths, Cobbetts and Capsticks solicitors (ppt, 258KB) - also included the following handouts:
- Cobbetts Case Studies: Modern, Locally Owned Social Enterprises (PDF, 27KB)
- Setting up a Practice Based Commissioning Structure (PDF, 64KB)
- Social Enterprise in Health and Social Care (PDF, 90KB)
- The New Commissioning Paradigm (PDF, 48KB)
- Commissioning After The White Paper - A PCT Perspective (PDF, 66KB)
- What is the Future for Community Services? (PDF, 57KB)
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Workshop feedback (Word, 40KB)
Commissioning - panel debate - Making the commissioning relationship work
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Transcript of panel discussion (Word, 35KB)
Primary Care Practices - alternatives to the private sector
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Social enterprise; an alternative for community healthcare? - David Williams, Director of Services, Ealing PCT (ppt, 1.5MB)
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Workshop feedback (Word, 40KB)
How to support the mavericks and entrepreneurs
- Managing the Mavericks - developing entrepreneurs - Dave Dawes, Director of European Nursing Leadership Foundation (ppt, 1.4MB)
- How to support the Mavericks and Entrepreneurs - Lance Gardner, Projects Director, North-East Lincolnshire PCT (ppt, 628KB)
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Workshop feedback (Word, 40KB)
Plenary presentations:
- Social Enterprise and the NHS? A Question of Values - And Market Share? - Professor Bob Sang, Professor of Patient and Public Involvement, London South Bank University (ppt, 131KB)
- The Social Enterprise Unit: Supporting Innovation in Health and Social Care - Sue White, Head of Social Enterprise Unit, Department of Health (ppt, 96KB)