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NHS Foundation Trusts (often referred to as "foundation hospitals") are hospitals which are part of the NHS but have a significant amount of managerial and financial freedom. The introduction of NHS Foundation Trusts represents a profound change in the history of the NHS and the way in which hospital services are managed and provided.
This form of NHS Trust is an important part of the UK Government's programme to create a "patient-led" NHS. Whilst their stated purpose is to devolve decision-making from a centralised NHS to local communities in an effort to be more responsive to their needs and wishes, others however see the change towards semi-independent hospital boards as a move towards privatisation of the health service.
The first 10 such Trusts were approved on 1 April 2004, and another 10 were approved on 1 July 2004; in January 2005, another 5 were approved. They are approved and regulated by Monitor, the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts.
As of August 2005, there are thirty-two NHS Foundation Trusts *:
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
- Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- The Rotherham General NHS Foundation Trust
- The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
See also
External links
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (2003 Chapter 43)
- Department of Health information on NHS Foundation Trusts
- Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts (official site)
- Public register of NHS Foundation Trusts
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