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What is Foundation Trusts

Chapter 5
Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises
Foundation Trusts’ Boards are accountable not to the Secretary of State but to Governors comprising elected staff and patients and representatives from key partner agencies. Introduced in 2003, they take on the new organization form of “public benefit corporations” and are expected to have a more “business-like approach” than NHS Trusts. The current government expects the majority of Trusts to become Foundation Trusts by April 2014.
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The Development of National Health Service Social Enterprises in England
Sebrene Margaret Maher (Keele University Medical School, UK)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.ch005
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to examine government policy framework relating to the development of social enterprise within National Health Service providers. The number of social enterprises delivering public healthcare services is continually growing. This chapter discusses challenges and benefits for the government. Potential barriers to achieving this development are also evaluated. Although the focus is primarily upon the policy agenda in England, the chapter makes a useful contribution to the ongoing international debate on the development of social enterprises in primary and secondary care. This review identifies that National Health Service social enterprises responds to local needs, bring innovative, effective ways of managing heathcare in the community. It is clear from reviewing the literature that healthcare services are changing and being continually shaped by social enterprises providers.
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