Queen’s Speech opens up social enterprise….
May 28, 2010
The Queen’s Speech on the 25th May 2010 laying out the new Coalition Government’s Programme has confirmed the opening up of social enterprise type models to run former in-house services. The following was outlined:-
“The role of Social Enterprise, Charities and Co-operatives in our public services will be enhanced….they reach and engage communities, understand need and pioneer new approaches, which have a social, environement impact….Where appropriate, public services markets will be opened up to allow social enterprise, charities and co-operatives to bid to run public services. Barriers to involvement will be identified and measures implemented.”
This confirms the pace of in house service transfers into new legal entities is set to continue to both protect front line services and reduce non-direct costs.
BBC PANORAMA GIVE PROFILE
May 18, 2010
The BBC Panorama shown on Monday 17th May 2010 has highlighted the Local Authority Trading Company (LATC)and Reablement Models as forward thinking. The BBC Panorama programme addressed the massive saving requirements that the public sector now faces with a view across the country of service closures, the need for public consultation, and the reaction of local communities to their services closing with the potential loss of up to half a million jobs in the sector. Innovative and Imaginative models to retain front line services were highlighted.
BBC Panorama finished with the experience of Essex both with the creation of the LATC model for Adult Social Care and also the new ethos of Reablement enabling people to support themselves. Mark Lloyd one of our CHS Directors has also on the 18th May 2010 presented to the Community Care Live Conference at the Islington Business Design Centre on the benefits of the Reablement model in saving potentially millions of pounds for Councils. On the 9th June 2010 Mark will also present to the London Community Care Conference on finding efficiencies in the health and social care markets sharing his experiences of the benefits of the LATC model as developed in Essex. Mark along with fellow CHS Directors led the process in establishing the LATC and was the architect of the successful Reablement process in Essex. On the 20th May 2010 Mike Walsh a fellow CHS Director will present to a Belfast Conference audience on the LATC Model.