Social Enterprise

GP-led Community Service Delivery

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 21:38

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GP CommissioningThis is a new era for the NHS, a time when GP practices can begin to deliver the services that patients want, close to home.  We haven't had a chance like this since the PMS contract of 2004, or Fundholding in the 1990s.

Health services can now care for many diseases that only a few decades ago were fatal.  Each disease or disorder that becomes treatable goes through these stages:

What format of provider? Charity, Social Enterprise, Commercial?

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 16:48

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Different health and care providers have different advantages and disadvantages. Which is most suitable in which situation?There are many forms of health and care provider.

The best known in UK is the public-sector owned - NHS hospitals, NHS community services. Traditionally there have also been professional partnerships - smaller providers owned by health and care providers, such as GP practices, Pharmacists, Dentists, Opticians. And of course commercial providers have got in on the act - pharmacies in chain stores, nationwide opticians, private hospitals.

Benefits Management to support Public Service organisations

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 21:16

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How to help people motivate themselvesMy mission is that everyone will enjoy and be passionate about what they do.

(with Haiku)

Local Multiplier 3 (LM3)

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 22:25

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LM3 onlineLM3Local Multiplier 3 (LM3) is a structured way to assess the local impact of a project or organisation, measured in terms of its own spend and the spend of its suppliers and beneficiaries.  In other words, the “3” refers to the number of steps – how much does the project or organisation spend/ give locally, then how much do each of the suppliers or beneficiaries spend locally, etc. 

Do it Yourself approaches to measuring social good

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 22:05

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TSocial Impact - DIY approacheshis page on Do it Yourself approaches to measuring and reporting social good is part of a longer article on how best to measure and report social good.  I hope you enjoy it.  You can find out more at this page.

The DIY approaches are: Describing benefits, Putting your own value on benefits, and Using the Social Appraisal Toolkit

Urgent Care Limited - Social Enterprise

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 20:54

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Urgent Care Social enterpriseUrgent Care Ltd is a social enterprise to bring together the valuable skills of Emergency Care Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners for first contact, and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) need to get responsive clinicians providing care at the point of need.

Social Enterprise health + care providers

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 17:00

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"Health free at the point of use" means health funded out of the public purse - but it doesn't mean public-owned providers. Social enterprise is one very viable option

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If I were running the country - encouraging business

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 09:33

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Minimum wage

Fantasy government - what would I do if I were in government?  Well how about reduce corporation tax, increase income tax, increase minimum wage and invest in job creation in the regions?  That would be a good start - create jobs where there are workers, then make sure that the right amount of tax is collected and at the same time reduce spend on benefits which are only used to increase profits of selfish organisations.

Would it work?  Have your say.

PwC Report on the Current State of Project Management

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:44

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PwC Project Management ReportPwC found that successful companies are getting more mature in their project management ability.  This raises the game – successful companies have lower costs from fewer failed projects, and less successful companies have to work harder to catch up.  There are some important lessons to take this report for everyone – Read more…

Joy instead of tedium

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 21:04

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The Office

Every office has them - the tasks that have to be done that nobody likes doing.  Whether it's the audit, the wages, standard letters, whatever it is - someone has to do it and it feels like a waste of time and money.

Why should you care?

So you employ somebody, so why do you care about how tedious the task is? Well they are costing money, to do something that could be done far more effectively.

Learning from the Past

Submitted by HugoM on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 20:27

Evidence for service improvement

Many public service changes have little basis in evidence. Their success (or otherwise) does not appear to depend on how 'good' the policy itself is, but rather on how it has been implemented. This relies on staff attitudes and relationships. My research falls into a number of broad categories: finding out what is currently happening; what people think about it; and what people think it will mean.

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) Calculator for SROI

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 10:05

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CPI components

When calculating a Social Return on Investment (SROI) evaluation or SROI forecast , sometimes you have to rely on published figures from reports.  But if these are from a few years ago, then they probably need adjusting for inflation.

There are calculators on the web to do this for you, but I found them cumbersome and it was difficult to keep a record of what calculator I'd used, and how, for which value - auditability and transparency is vital for SROI.  So here's a spreadsheet to do this properly!

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