The point I have been making over the last week is that whilst the Government may have a reform policy, it has lost control of its implementation. So I am sure if you asked a Government Minister what their policy is on FTs you would find that they still believe that all trusts should become one.

The political parties that form the Coalition Government both have a chequered history when it comes to NHS Foundation Trust policy. In 2002/3 when the Labour Government was developing the legislation that created them, the Conservative and the Liberal Democrat Parties voted against the legislation all the way through to its passage.