Social Enterprise
The use of social enterprise as a business model for the delivery of health services has been much talked about in recent years.
The QNI believes that nurses need information about what social enterprise is, who is doing it and how in order to understand what is going on around them. The information on these pages is designed to provide that insight, whether you are interested in setting up a social enterprise, you wonder if you might end up working for one – or you are just keen to be better informed.
Click here to read the QNI’s introductory Briefing on Social Enterprise from 2008.
On 20th November 2009, QNI and the Department of Health held a workshop for members of the QNI’s Community Nurse forum to explore the issue of social enterprise in health care.
To read a summary of the workshop, with links to sources of information, click here.
Download Rosemary Cook's presentation here
Download Dame Christine Beasley's presentation here
Download Rebecca Chaloner's presentation here
Download Vicky Bailey's presentation here
Download Mark Thaxter's presentation here
Download Dave Dawes' presentation here
Download Catriona Patterson's presentation here.
Some external sites you might find useful can be found here.
Some real-life examples:
Principia is a commissioning-only social enterprise, whose general manager is Vicky Bailey, a Trustee of the QNI. You can see a presentation about this company above.
The Dept of Health has also funding a number of ‘pathfinder’ social enterprise projects – you can find out about these here.
