Social Enterprise in Primary Care - factsheet for UNISON branches
http://www.unison.org.uk/file/A11536.pdf

Social Enterprise - Stop the Steamroller
http://www.unison.org.uk/file/A11536.pdf

Social Enterprise - Know the risks
http://www.unison.org.uk/file/C11536.pdf

Say No to Social Enterprise
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/19438.pdf

TCS assurance & approvals process for PCT provided services

PCT procurement guide for health services

Principles and rules for cooperation and competition

Commercial skills for the NHS

NHS Staff Passport

UNISON campaigning for a fairer society
The Coalition Government plans to increase the number of social enterprises in the NHS, saying they want to create “the largest social enterprise sector in the world”. UNISON is stepping-up it’s campaigning against social enterprise to avoid further fragmentation and privatisation of health care and the transfer of staff and services outside the NHS.

New timetable pushes PCTs toward social enterprise
PCT Boards are making decisions now. The next wave of social enterprises must be approved by the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) and submitted to the Department of Health by 30 September 2010. This tight deadline presents a real risk that staff will get steamrollered into social enterprise without being aware of the dangers or asked for their consent.

Any proposal to set up a social enterprise must be supported by staff.
Under the government’s “Right to Request” policy, PCTs must demonstrate evidence that staff want to transfer to a social enterprise - proposals must not simply be pushed through by management. Staff must have the right to request a social enterprise – and the right to refuse.

Social enterprise is effectively the privatisation of your local health services. Staff will no longer be NHS employees and face risks to their terms, conditions and pensions.

ACT NOW!
All staff working for NHS Leeds need to let the Executive board know their feelings. To this end I am asking you to e-mail Sam Prince with the following message. Please copy the e-mail to:- unisonfridays@hotmail.com (please note change of email address)

EMAIL SAM PRINCE NOW

Subject:
No to Social Enterprise... we voted for an NHS solution

Message:
As a member of staff working in NHS Leeds ‘we think the best option for staff and patients is for services to continue to be provided from within the NHS. This was clearly the option that staff voted for previously.

I am e-mailing you to register my objection to a Social Enterprise scheme as I believe this is the start of the privatisation of the NHS.