Friday, 25 September 2015

Foundation trust and NHS trust mergers 2010 to 2015

Foundation trust and NHS trust mergers 2010 to 2015 Mergers of trusts in the NHS are often instigated by national bodies so that NHS trusts can gain foundation trust status or failing providers can be rescued from financial difficulties. This report looks at 20 mergers between 2010 and mid-2015 and finds that significant sums of money are being spent on such mergers (£2 billion on just 12 mergers over this period), often based on faulty reasoning and a lack of evidence that mergers offer lasting solutions. The King's Fund

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