Essex Cares Limited becomes reality as ‘ground breaking model’ in social care

July 1, 2009

On the 1st July Essex Cares Limited became one of the countries first Adult Social Care Local Authority Trading Companies (LATC) with transfer of some 800 staff by Essex County Council into the new business.   The LATC has commenced trading in the delivery of a broad range of social care services.   The Director’s of CHS have led the transfer process on behalf of the Council.  The Guardian has reported on this ground breaking social care model and you can read more on http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/may/13/social-care-company-essex-council

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The attached article was recently published 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