Last chance to book free Seminar – learn first hand on outsourcing models

April 15, 2011

Ernst & Young with CHS have confirmed a seminar date for Directors of Social Services and Transformation Senior Managers in June.

Formal invites will be issued on Monday 18th April 2011 to all Directors inviting them to attend the seminar date which is:-

7th June 2011 – Birmingham at the Copthorne Hotel

The seminar will explore direct experience in the delivery of alternative models of adult social care including social enterprise and Local Authority Trading Companies.

Agenda

 New delivery models for adult social care: an in-depth look at the local authority trading company

 09:30 – Registration and refreshment

 10:00 – Introduction and welcome  

 10:15 – Implications of health and social care reform

An overview of the structural, financial and operational opportunities and challenges faced by adult social care commissioners and providers under the new policy agendas.

 Richard Lewis, Partner, Ernst & Young 

 10:45 – Choosing the right model 

This session explores the pros and cons of delivery models being considered by local authorities – including the local authority trading company, the social enterprise, the mutual and outsourcing.

Speaker TBC

 11:10 – Service scoping and business case approval 

 An interactive session that guides delegates through service options and elements to address to secure business case approval.

 Mike Walsh and Tasman Oxlade, Directors, Care and Health Solutions

John Baker, Executive Director, Ernst & Young

 11:50 – Coffee

 12:10 – Life after externalisation: growing commercial success – Essex Cares Ltd

An in-depth look at the path taken by Essex Cares Ltd. a successful local authority trading company.

 Mark Lloyd, Managing Director, Essex Cares Ltd.

 12:45 – Summary of the morning – lessons learnt

 John Baker Executive Director, Ernst & Young

Mark Lloyd, Managing Director, Essex Cares Ltd.

 13:00 – Lunch

 14:00 – Breakout sessions:

 A – Delivering efficiencies through a new delivery model

Presenters with participants will explore how the LATC can deliver efficiencies – including financial benefits, client outcomes and culture changes – specific to participants’ local circumstances.

 Russell Thompson, Director Care and Health Solutions

Audrey Fearing, Partner, Ernst & Young

 
B - Involving partners using new delivery models 

An interactive session that takes participants through the options available via an LATC for involving a range of stakeholders as partners.

 Andrea Longhi, Partner, Ernst & Young

Mark Lloyd, Managing Director, Essex Cares Ltd.

 14:45 – Wrap up – bringing it all together

 John Baker, Tasman Oxlade, Mike Walsh, Russell Thompson

 15:00 – Close

For more information please contact Gayatri Persad at Ernst & Young

  Gayatri Persad | Marketing Manager | Government and Public Sector
Ernst & Young LLP
1 More London Place, London SE1 2AF, United Kingdom
Office: +44 (0) 20 7951 2000 | Direct: +44 (0) 20 7951 5132 | gpersad@uk.ey.com
Mobile: +44 (0) 75000 95562
Website: www.ey.com/uk/government
 

CHS win first contract with E&Y for Aberdeen City Council

April 4, 2011

CHS and Ernst and Young have been awarded contract by the Scottish Council Aberdeen City Council to deliver an LATC for Adult Social Care Services.

Mike Walsh Director of CHS comments, “we are delighted to win our first major contract with our partners Ernst and Young to work with Aberdeen City Council in developing what is probably the first Adult Social Care Local Authority Trading Company in Scotland.”

The work which commences in April is expected to take a number of months to complete.

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Care & Health Solutions
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East Sussex
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Read an account on Essex Cares – LATC

The attached article was published in 2009 in the Journal of Care Services Management and written by Mike Walsh one of our Directors. It provides a useful overview of the creation of Essex Cares, the Country's first Local Authority Trading Company relating to the transfer of adult social care services. Read Article