The future provider landscape: are foundation trusts taking us down a dead end?

The future provider landscape: are foundation trusts taking us down a dead end? A year ago NHS commissioning was ripped up by its roots, divided up and then pushed back into the soil. Like the plants in my garden that get such rough treatment, commissioners are struggling to flourish. The NHS provider architecture has, so far, had more gentle treatment, and the journey towards ‘liberalisation’, that started in 2004 with the establishment of the first foundation trusts, continues. The King's Fund