New research shows how outcomes contracts can save the NHS

New research released recently shows the unrivalled value that outcomes-based commissioning has in keeping UK citizens healthy and reducing strain on the National Health Service (NHS). The independent report, produced by ATQ Consultants for Better Society Capital, demonstrates that social outcomes contracts – a method of public service delivery which enables prevention – have created nearly £9 of public value for every £1 spent – saving the taxpayer £507 million in fiscal value alone. At a time where NHS resources are stretched and funding is stagnating, the UK’s leading social…

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UK’s leading social impact investor renamed ‘Better Society Capital’

The UK’s leading social impact investor has today announced that it is now known as Better Society Capital, a name which it says will better reflect its mission. The organisation was formed in 2012 to further grow the amount of money invested in tackling serious social issues in the UK, and says that ‘Better Society Capital’ is a clearer articulation of the mission while retaining the track record and connection to the movement of social investment that it has helped to build. Conceived under New Labour in the early 2000s…

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