All articles by Andrew Burnell
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Comment'This business model lets us focus on quality services and safe staff'
The outcome of co-ownership at a healthcare organisation has been a cultural belief in the notion of quality care being delivered free from bureaucratic control, as Andrew Burnell reports.
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Comment'Social enterprise is a real alternative to the big, bland offer'
City Health Care Partnership CIC chief executive Andrew Burnell reports from the social enterprise’s first AGM how it is aiming to utilise its flexibility to deliver quality local services by making its offering bigger, and more sustainable.
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CommentThe right-to-request primary care trust: one year on
A year ago, City Health Care Partnership became the first social enterprise to ‘go live’ through the right-to-request scheme. On its first anniversary, chief executive Andrew Burnell reports on how they are getting on.
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HSJ KnowledgeReal liberation: getting social enterprise right
Last year, City Health Care Partnership in Hull overcame prejudice to become the first social enterprise to go live through the right to request scheme. Andrew Burnell explains.
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HSJ Knowledge'Will community services boil down to "any willing price"?'
At a recent senior company team meeting, I was discussing the changes envisaged in the Health and Social Care Bill and raised the notion about writing this article and calling it “any willing price”.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe transition from primary care to independent provider
Reflecting on our transition to an independent provider of NHS care, one central word that seems to have held a unique place within the process and still resonates with City Health Care Partnership CIC is: “why?”