Trawling through DH and other Government documents that went before the Mid Staffs Inquiry has uncovered further reasons why we might expect an enfeebled Secretary of State to ‘raid’ Foundation Trusts’  surpluses.

When the legislation that created Foundation Trusts completed its passage through Parliament in 2003 it became clear that for some at the centre of the NHS the passage of legislation that they had been helping to develop was also a defeat.