Social enterprise in primary and community care.

The article examines the possible impact of the plan by the British coalition government to increase the number of social enterprises in the National Health Service (NHS). The white paper "Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS" discusses how NHS staff can transform their organisations into employee-led social enterprises, since the approach is said to lead to high productivity, better care and greater job satisfaction. The health service union UNISON argues that social enterprise is equivalent to the privatisation of health services.