The Business of Social Capital What does it have to do with the NHS?

Business, Social Capital, NHS.. Social capital: Community regeneration Training and Employment Ownership of service provision Meaningful participation and engagement Wellbeing

Business, Social Capital, NHS.. Business: Financial profit Not charitable Follows market demand and market opportunities Customer focused Responsive

Business, Social Capital, NHS.. Assumptions NHS recognises and embraces its role as a vehicle for generating social capital. NHS recognises and embraces the changing role of the Private/VCS sectors in service delivery. That it is possible to integrate these two agendas with the NHS agenda - to good effect!

The Business of Social Capital and the NHS Communities as our market place. Social organisations as partners in the supply chain with different expertise. Integrated agendas or mutual agendas? Invest in maximising the market.

Provider examples.. VCS groups Social enterprises User groups Private/Third sector partnerships

Integrated Social Outcomes

How to work with different providers.. Integrate needs assessment process with commissioning outcomes. Support development of an appropriate provider market. Encourage alternative commissioning approaches.

What gets in the way? Assumptions Mindset Culture Systems Ideas

The Business of Social Capital in the NHS What could we do different? Meaningful social capital outcomes in contract specs. Allocate budgets to market making. Collaborative approaches to commissioning. How we could be different? Leadership role Mindsets Culture Prioritise integration