UK parliament embattled over Foundation Trusts, hospital investment strategies in the balance
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK government was today (November 20 2003) making a last-ditch attempt to save its flag-ship healthcare reform in England - Foundation Hospitals. The issue of access to investment, which is at the heart of the medical technology's interest in these developments, is one of the stumbling blocks that led to a rejection of the Bill late last night by the House of Lords.
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