Tagged - NHS

Emmet Regan of Mutual Ventures argues that public services need to make more of their greatest asset - the people on the frontline. Here are five ways public services can work better.

Neil Stewart is the man handing out contracts to service providers and he'd like to see more of the money providing a social value.

Frontline NHS services are overstretched; three quarters of the UK access the internet daily. The answer is obvious: take the heat off our NHS by offering services online. For those suffering mental health issues, life may just have got a little easier.

Big Society Capital's Matt Robinson calls for the next UK government to conduct a social outcomes based spending review in 2015 to help make taxpayers' money go further and reduce health inequality throughout the country.

As part of our new investment readiness series in partnership with the Social Investment Business and Big Potential, we present the story of Chime – the trailblazing NHS spin out with its sights set on nationwide expansion.

As 2015 kicks off, the UK's internationally renowned National Health Service has made it into the headlines again as it faces renewed pressures and challenges. Andrew Laird argues that staff-led mutual models could be the answer.

The NHS has made the headlines again in the UK with news of budget requests, cut backs and pressurised services. Social enterprise leaders gathered in London last week to build momentum behind innovative ways to deliever health and care services.