Mutuals ForumNovember 2012

Lance Gardner MBEChief Executive Care Plus Group

Where?

Care Plus Group

• We are a Social Enterprise (since 1 July 2011)

• Fully integrated health and social care provider

• 720 staff [815]

• 50:50 split

• £22million [£23.5 million]

• 156,000 population

Some of our Services

• Intermediate tier• Community nursing• Home care• Specialist nursing• Drug and Alcohol intervention programme• Employability• Meals on wheels• Day services• Chlamydia screening

“The Provider of Choice”mission statement

Irony

Care Plus Group left the Public Sector to protect Public Sector Values!

Challenges - Being….

• ..‘new’…..• ..‘different’……• ..‘perceived’ as…….• ..‘naïve’……• ..‘brave’…..• ..‘sustainable’…..

Personalisation Versus Commissioning

Care Plus Group is not a care Society which serves people, it is a people Society which

provides care.

“A social enterprise is driven by the best interests of the community. A social entrepreneur will always be bold, aspirational and ambitious because their

prime purpose is to change the world.”

Penny Newman CEO, Cafedirect Feb 2007