title: Trust mergers. Turning threats into opportunities.
abstract: A survey of senior health staff in Wales shows widespread scepticism about the benefits of trust mergers. Trust mergers in Wales may fail because those responsible for making them work do not believe they can succeed. Benefits will only be realised if the post-merger process is addressed in such a way as to gain staff commitment.
authors.affiliation: Gwent Community Trust.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010821:Physicians, Family; D013222:State Medicine; D014852:Wales