title: Mental health. Together we're stronger.
abstract: Ten mental health trusts will this year become four as the sector moves towards the 'super trust' model. The move is designed to help trusts compete with others, move towards foundation status and protect improvements after funding stops going up in 2008. With the new trusts to control budgets in the region of pounds sterling 290m, there are fears that their size could distance them from commissioners and service users.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forrest
mesh_terms: D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom