Guidance

Reviewing mergers involving NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts

Sets out who is responsible for reviewing different types of mergers involving NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts.

• From: Monitor, Office of Fair Trading and Competition Commission
• Published: 22 March 2013

Applies to England

Documents

Briefing sheet: mergers involving NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts

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Details

This guidance sets out the roles of Monitor, the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission in relation to mergers (or proposed mergers) between:

• 2 or more NHS foundation trusts
• an NHS foundation trust and an NHS trust
• 2 or more NHS trusts

Published 22 March 2013