STRUCTURE: Monitor’s foundation trust authorisation pipeline has been highlighted as a “red” risk by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust.
The trust’s report on its bid to reach foundation trust status said the “current rate of FT authorisation by Monitor is very low”, adding there was a “potential backlog for Monitor to deal with at time of our assessment”.
The trust plans to submit its bid in June.
September 2012
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