Firestarter Podcast 4 - Central Surrey Health part 1

This is the Firestarter Podcast which is the world's first podcast for social enterprises in health.

This week's podcast features an interview with the staff of Central Surrey Health which is the first of the large-scale NHS community organisations which evolved into a social enterprise.

This podcast covers:

• Where the model and the idea first come from
• The key discussions and questions in the early days
• Involving front-line staff
• The two-year journey from the idea to going live
• Getting the organisational and legal structure right - the co-ownership model 
• The reaction of staff to becoming co-owners 
• How the co-ownership model works and the relationship between the Members and the Board
• The big lessons learned from the transition process from NHS to social enterprise

We are currently putting the finishing touches to our RSS feed and our iTunes connection which will make it easier for you to download the podcast, subscribe to updates, etc. In the meantime, you can access our first few podcasts here:

Podcast 4 - This can be downloaded here

The music is "Fire Dance" by djbouly and is brought to you under a creative commons licence.