STRUCTURE: The board of Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust have agreed to proceed to the Pre-Qualification Questionaire stage of the take-over/franchise process for George Eliot Hospital Trust.
The Treasury recently gave permission for the board of George Eliot to consider private franchise bids alongside conventional take-over proposals from other NHS trusts.
Information obtained by HSJ
October 2013
The five contenders through to the next stage of the competition to take over George Eliot Hospital Trust have been announced.
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