Stimulating Third Sector Engagement in the Health Sector Supply Chain
Lead Research Organisation:
Manchester Metropolitan University
Department Name: Health Care Studies
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Susan Baines (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Baines S
(2010)
A more entrepreneurial mindset? Engaging third sector suppliers to the NHS
in Social Enterprise Journal
Fisher J
(2012)
Personalisation and the Co-operative Tradition
in Social Policy and Society
Susan Baines (Author)
(2010)
The co-operative tradition and personalisation of social care and health
Wilson D
(2013)
SROI in practice: the Wooden Canal Boat Society
in Social Enterprise Journal
| Description | This project underlined a need for income diversification rather than specific up-skilling to compete for public sector. Demonstrating value is particularly challenging for very small service providers lacking the skill or time to utilise existing 'prove and improve' tools . |
| Exploitation Route | The placement with co-operatives UK showed that small scale co-operatives enable service recipients to retain control over their care (as promised in consumer versions of personalisation) while sharing organisational tasks and responsibilities in ways consistent with notions of co-production, citizenship and community. Interactions between researchers, public services and social enterprises in this project showed that sharable representations - drawings, models, diagrams - can act as 'boundary objects', supporting interaction and communication across sectors. This has potential to inform further cross sectoral research and knowledge exchange. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Healthcare |
| URL | http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/205274/ |
| Description | CoI Mike Bull's earlier research with social enterprises led to the creation of Balance, an on-line diagnostic tool to help social enterprises self-analyse, reflect and identify where their skills, strengths and shortcomings lie. Under this award, a new section on the diversification of income sources was added to Balance. In the three years following the end of the award, 540 social enterprises registered to use the tool and 380 assessments were completed. Social Enterprise North West offered Balance as part of the support they provided (January 2013 - January 2015). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |