No Mandate, No Foundation Hospitals

The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust is applying for Foundation Hospital status.

Since their inception Foundation Hospitals have consistently underachived and failed to bring the benefits promised to patients.

It is worth remembering that the Foundation Hospitals Bill was rejected by a majority of MPs elected in England and was passed only with the votes of Labour MPs elected in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament subsequently rejected a bill that would have created Foundation Hospitals north of the border.