title: Acute care. Who's for the chop.
abstract: Sixty-eight trusts have barely begun the process towards foundation status. Financial struggles are a major cause of failure to make progress. For some trusts, merger, takeover or franchise may be the final outcome.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gainsbury
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom