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Health and Social Care Act 2012

Section 160 – Bodies which may apply for foundation trust status

1025.This section removes the ability for organisations other than NHS trusts to apply for foundation trust status using section 34 of the NHS Act. There is little prospect of any organisation other than an NHS trust applying to become a foundation trust (no other type of organisation has ever applied using section 34) and section 34 is therefore unnecessary. Section 34 will be repealed when Monitor’s licensing regime is implemented. The section also makes consequential amendments to the NHS Act, for example removing powers for Monitor to authorise foundation trusts. If an organisation were to submit an application prior to the repeal of section 34, subsections (4) to (7) enable Monitor to consider the application and authorise the organisation as a foundation trust.

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