A healthy policy development
Ideas from "The Ownership State" taken up as Tory policy
Tory health policy is often criticised for not being radical enough. But Andrew Lansley’s announcement last week that the Tories would encourage John-Lewis style employee ownership and provision of services in the NHS is to be hugely welcomed. The scheme would cover outpatient clinics, health visitors and community nurses among others.
The idea is what Phillip Blond, the Red Tory guru, argued for in The Ownership State. Blond’s aim is a “breakup of monolithic state provision by employee driven buyouts to form social enterprises making better use of public money by creating an organisation owned by its providers and users.”
Mutualism is a politically attractive idea that actually works. Expect to see Labour and the Tories battling for ownership of it in the coming months.
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ResPublica's Director Phillip Blond appeared on BBC's Newsnight programme on Monday 15th February (click here to watch) to discuss Conservative leader David Cameron's radical new proposals to give public sector employees ownership of the services they deliver. As has been noted by many commentators already, this transformative approach was first outlined in ResPublica's flagship report, 'The Ownership State'.
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There now exists a broad consensus on extending employee ownership throughout the public sector, driven by ResPublica's ideas in 'The Ownership State.' The Conservatives have shown that they understand the innovative and radical potential of co-operative public sector ownership to transform for the better our struggling public services. The Labour Party have also embraced the rhetoric - we await the development of the detail - of what they refer to as 'the mutual moment.' An important new centre-ground is forming; an Ownership Debate that promises to help us create better public services more efficiently - and extend the beneficial effects of ownership throughout society.
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