UK foundation trust absorbs NHS trust:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, in Birmingham, has absorbed the neighbouring Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust, it was announced today. In accordance with plans approved by the government in December, and following a three-month consultation by the West Midlands strategic health authority, the Heart of England becomes one of the UK's largest NHS trusts, including four hospitals: the Birmingham Heartlands, Solihull, Birmingham Chest Clinic and now the Good Hope. The trust, rated the most successful financially in 2005-06, will serve a population of around 1 million, across an area that extends from Solihull to South Staffordshire.