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Report on healthcare mutuals finds sector saved UK £1bn in 2022

OAC consultancy looked at benefits to the NHS, welfare state, employers and individuals from health cash…

Australia’s Indigenous co-ops fight for self-determination and civil rights

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island co-ops offer services and activism in the legal services, healthcare, the…

Lambeth GP Food Co-op celebrates 10th anniversary

'We are proud to be part of the wider co-operative movement and look forward to contributing…

Kandoroo: Co-operating to tackle food poverty

"I was able to buy fresh products and shop with dignity"

Central Co-op launches quiet hours in stores to mark Neurodiversity Week

The goal with is to provide alternative shopping conditions for those who want a calmer experience,…

How co-ops in the UK and North America are tackling mental health challenges

We hear from service providers who are devising new models of provision, and from agri co-ops…

Unimed launches new digital services for patients in Florianópolis

The Brazilian medical co-op has teamed up with HPE to introduce new technology as part of…

Annual Q&A: Carlos Zarco, president, International Health Cooperative Organisation

'Co-operatives can be a powerful instrument for strengthening public health systems, providing efficiency, saving public resources…

Leading Lives: A social care co-op with employees at its heart

'When we find the people with the right values, they’re the ones that we want to…

Co-op Group to give all staff paid leave for fertility treatment

CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq says she wants to support employees, having been through fertility treatment herself

Meet… Edward Rosen, project director at Lambeth GP Food Co-op

'I’m confident that co-ops have a contribution to make to the reshaping of the health service…

European Care Strategy package recognises co-operatives

Cecop welcomed the adoption of the strategy and the related initiatives and says it will continue…