1. ALCESTE SANTUARI (Ph.D. Law – Cantab)
Department of Sociology and Business Law
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2. Healthcare disparities
Healthcare disparities. The University of Manchester 13 th – 15 th June Inequalities in accessing health care services in Italy: will Social Enterprises fill the gap?

3. The issues Health inequalities and institutional / legal patterns
The ongoing devolution process
The role of Social Enterprises
Some concluding remarks

4. 1. HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND INSTITUTIONAL / LEGAL PATTERNS
The right to healthcare is challenged by the legal and institutional pattern: why? The Italian NHS: the central government’s responsibilities and the (necessary) regional governments co-operation The recent changes in the national health basket (2017)

5. 2. The ongoing devolution process
The origin: 2001 Constitutional Reform Act (left-to-centre Government)
Later on, all-parties agreement on regional-based health care provision and services
At present: the richest countries (different regional governments) are demanding for further powers
What about the solidarity principle?

6. 3. THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
Their constitutional recognition
From advocacy organisations to social enterprises
They carry out and supply most of the ICSs (the 2017 SE Reform Act)

7. 4. SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS
Social enterprises represent an effective antidote to the increasing erosion of the solidarity principle
Public authorities have adopted new and innovative procedures to contract out health and social care services to Social Enterprises (see the recent UK NHS Plan)
Social enterprises contribute to ensure citizens’ right to health(care)