England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, a public service mutual is an organisation that has left the

public sector The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, infra ...

but continues delivering public services. There is a significant degree of

employee ownership Employee stock ownership, or employee share ownership, is where a company's employees own shares in that company (or in the parent company of a group of companies). US employees typically acquire shares through a share option plan. In the UK, Emp ...

, influence or control in the way the organisation is run. CSH Surrey was the first public service mutual to be created out of the

NHS The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

in 2006. There are now over 100 public service mutuals across England, delivering public services across a wide range of sectors.{{Cite web, title=A brief overview of Public Service Mutuals and their benefits, url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/introduction-to-public-service-mutuals, last=, first=, date=4 May 2020, website=GOV.UK, url-status=live, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=4 May 2020

References

Types of organization National Health Service (England)