title: Operating framework: Pressure piles up on acute hospital sector.
authors.forename: Crispin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dowler
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clover
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom