NHS Foundation Trust

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NHS Foundation Trusts (often referred to as "foundation hospitals") are hospitals which are part of the NHS in England 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.

Fondation Trusts are considered mutual structures akin to co-operatives, where local people, patients and staff can become members and governors and hold the Trust to account. Some trusts are more committed to co-operative principles and have even written the Rochdale Principles into their constitution and aspire to work closely with other mutual organisations. [1]

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 March 2007, there are 59 NHS Foundation Trusts [2] [3]:

  • Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust
  • Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
  • Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • County Durham and Darlington 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
  • James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
  • Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
  • Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
  • Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
  • Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust
  • Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  • South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
  • Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
  • Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
  • Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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