UK foundation hospitals see Monitor's teeth
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's foundation trust debate took another turn this week, when the board of governors of the beleaguered Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust defied the regulator's decision for their chairman to step down. Criticising John Ryan's response to the "serious financial concerns" that had emerged several months previously, the foundation hospitals' regulator, Monitor, appointed Peter Garland, a former NHS regional director, as interim chairman.