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Gordon Brown has outlined the next phase of public service reform as a drive for "excellence and fairness". Writing in a foreword to a Cabinet Office report, the Prime Minister said he wants "every element" of British public services to be the best in the world. Independent non-profit organisations such as foundation trusts and social enterprises can play an "important role" in giving real control to professionals and frontline staff in the running of services, he said. "Building on the success of the foundation trust model in the NHS, which sees a million people actively engaging in the governance of their local hospitals, I believe that over the next decade we will see a growing proportion of our services provided by independent public service providers and social enterprises. The potential of non-profit organisations in running public service had "just begun to be harnessed". In the coming weeks the Government will set out how to promote a "new wave" of innovation led by social enterprise whilst protecting the values of publicly funded services "free at the point of use". "Not a return to the most vulnerable in our society depending on charity but a genuine openness to new ways of delivering services to the benefit of all." Crown copyright http://www.pm.gov.uk/ http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15860.asp |
