meeting 4 presentation eddy mc dowall
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Volunteering in the new UK policy context
Eddy McDowallHealth and wellbeing workstream lead
6th September 2012
A traditional view of UK volunteering?
An introduction to: UK Local Government and health services ‘Big Society’ Localism Act 2011 Open Pubic Services – White Paper 2011 Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Health and Social Care Act 2012 What this means for the voluntary sector and its relationship with
heath and social care
45 minutes
Non-metropolitan countieseg: Kent, Oxfordshire
England & Wales local government
Unitary councileg: ReadingSouthamptonBristolIsle of Wight
District + City Councils: Kent has 12
Town + Parish Councils: Kent has 313
Social careSchoolsLocal roadsPlanningLeisureRubbish
HousingParkingStreet lights
AllotmentsParksCommunity centres
Fire Service
Parish councils
All London boroughs
National Health Service (NHS) – national infrastructure NHS Commissioning Board – sub-national structure
Healthcare in England
NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups – groups of Doctors (GP) practices (commissioners)
NHS Foundation Trusts – locality and specialist providers
“It is a vital part of our mission to dismantle Big Government and build the Big Society in its place”
Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP, February 2011
Big Society is an umbrella political culture that looks to bring decisions about public services to the most local level.
Big Society
Localism Act 2011
A shift from central Government to local government Increase in general power of competence for local government New rights for communities to challenge local government
about running of local services (England only) Opportunities for employees to take over running of local
services (England only) Opportunities for local organisations to bid for assets of
community value (England and Wales)
Community right to challenge
• Opens door for voluntary and community organisations to trigger procurement process
• Possibility for 2+ local government employees to express an interest in running the service including social care provision
• Comes into force in October 2012
Community assets
• Parish/ civic councils can nominate land or building to be included on list of local community assets
• Property to be included where current primary use important to social wellbeing (including social, leisure and culture)
• If building is to be disposed of, community has right to buy property at market rate
“Brick by brick, edifice by edifice, we are slowly dismantling the big-state”
Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP, March 2012
‘Replacing top-down monopolies with open networks in which diverse and innovative providers compete to provide the best and most efficient services for the public’
Cabinet Office 2012
Open Public Services White Paper 2011
Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
“An Act to require public authorities to have regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in connection with public services contracts; and for connected purposes”
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/3/pdfs/ukpga_20120003_en.pdf
Summary definition of Social Value
Refers to wider non-financial impacts of programmes, organisations & interventions, including:
wellbeing of individuals & communities social capital & environment
Looks at collective benefit to community when public body awards contract
£1 = £1 x 2?
Social value asks: If £1 is spent on the delivery of services, can that same £1 be used to produce a wider benefit to the community?
Act’s intentions
Mental health services to be delivered by organisation actively employing people with history of mental health problems to help deliver serviceSocial value of commissioning services through person with mental health problems:
having a job - may be otherwise unemployed becoming more socially included having a say in how mental health services are run a local job for a local person
Case study: Southwark, London
Southwark Council tendered for a new catering supplier in 2010.Wanted provider to provide good quality food, value for money and social value for moneyUnity Kitchen provides paid apprenticeships and employment opportunities for local people with learning disabilitiesProfits reinvested to provide additional opportunities for people with disabilities across LondonUnity Kitchen immediately created 14 new jobs for local people with disabilities, who used day services funded by Council, therefore saving social care services money
Biggest changes to NHS since 1948 Introduction of democratic accountability to local health
services Strengthening of public voice in commissioning of local
health and social care services
Health and Social Care Act
Health and wellbeing boards
Local statutory boards including:• Directors of Adult Services, Children Services
and Public Health• Local Councillors• General Practitioners• Public voiceWith commissioning oversight of social care and health resources locally
What does this mean for the UK voluntary and community sector?
Increased opportunities for new contracts in health and social care
A move away from tea and sympathy to a business focus A need for a co-ordinated approach across Voluntary
and Community Sector
Other factors?For• Inspiration from Olympics
‘games makers’• G4S – poor management of
Games security contract• ‘Personalisation’• Step to employment
Against• Public service funding cuts• Postcode lottery• General Election in 2015
Eddy McDowallHealth and wellbeing workstream lead
[email protected] 078 107 570 91
www.hscpartnership.org.uk