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		<title>Mutuals given go-ahead as Cabinet Office confirms initial pilots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first wave of John Lewis-style &#8216;employee-owned&#8217; public services were given the go ahead this week by the Coalition Government.  The Cabinet Office has announced 12 &#8216;public service spin -offs&#8217; to be pioneered as mutuals.  This will see entrepreneurial public sector workers joining together, often across organisational boundaries, to establish co-operatives or social enterprises.  All [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/mutuals-given-go-ahead-as-cabinet-office-confirms-initial-pilots/</link>
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		<title>Mark Lloyd becomes Acting MD for Essex Cares</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Essex Cares has asked the CHS Director Mark Lloyd to become Acting MD for the LATC which is one year old.   Flexibility and the need for radical entrepreneurial thinking has led the Board to appoint an experienced consultant to lead the organisation forward.  Tremendous opportunity exists to capitalise on the new health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/mark-lloyd-becomes-acting-md-for-essex-cares/</link>
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		<title>Enterprising Stuff at the NAEP Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please find a useful account on the Essex Cares LATC model as provided by the Director of the Countywide Equipment Service. http://www.thiis.co.uk/enterprise-naep-aug10.aspx]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/enterprising-stuff-at-the-naep-conference/</link>
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		<title>Strategic partnerships with Capgemini and Camb-Ed (Mott Macdonald)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Care and Health Solutions (CHS) has formed strategic partnerships with two of the Country&#8217;s largest Corporate Consultancy and Provider Agencies involved in the delivery of health and educational services.    Capgemini offer CHS the opportunity to jointly tender for NHS transformation work post the Government White Paper offering our specialist Social Care services to find solutions for major health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/strategic-partnerships-with-capgemini-and-camb-ed-mott-macdonald/</link>
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		<title>CHS help Solihull Council meet Personalisation Agenda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHS has played a lead role through Mark Lloyd in assisting Solihull Council put in place a complete programme of Personalisation Transformation to help the Council meet the Government Concordat &#8216;Putting People First&#8217; Agenda.  With the requirement for 30% of all service users to be assessed for the option of individual budgets by March 2011, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/chs-help-solihull-council-meet-personalisation-agenda/</link>
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		<title>Best of Both Worlds &#8211; Community Care feature LATC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 29th July 2010 edition of Community Care carries a feature on the Essex Council combining of public and private sector expertise to deliver a local authority trading company (LATC).   One of the Care and Health Directors Mark Lloyd at present acts as Interim Managing Director and he comments within the article on the innovation and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/best-of-both-worlds-community-care-feature-latc/</link>
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		<title>Local Authorities to gain statutory powers to join with health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Health White Paper has confirmed the end of Primary Care Trusts by 2013.  With the lead health role now transferring to GP&#8217;s the Coalition Minister Paul Burstow has confirmed that &#8220;Local Authorities will be given access to resources that will be reallocated to the public health aspect of their new role.&#8221;  The Minster has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/local-authorities-to-gain-statutory-powers-to-join-with-health/</link>
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		<title>Revision to the Operating Framework for the NHS&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health has issued revisions to the operating framework for the NHS in England 2010/11.   This makes clear the requirement for the future direction and next steps on transforming community services. &#8220;Separating PCT Commissioning from the provision of services remains a priority.   This must be achieved by April 2011, even if this means [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/revision-to-the-operating-framework-for-the-nhs/</link>
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		<title>Queen&#8217;s Speech opens up social enterprise&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Queen&#8217;s Speech on the 25th May 2010 laying out the new Coalition Government&#8217;s Programme has confirmed the opening up of social enterprise type models to run former in-house services.   The following was outlined:- &#8220;The role of Social Enterprise, Charities and Co-operatives in our public services will be enhanced&#8230;.they reach and engage communities, understand need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/queens-speech-opens-up-social-enterprise/</link>
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		<title>BBC PANORAMA GIVE PROFILE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk/bbc-panorama-profile-given/</link>
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