England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

, 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, pu ...

but continues delivering public services. There is a significant degree of employee ownership, 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 term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...

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, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=4 May 2020

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Types of organization National Health Service (England)