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# NHS campaign guide - Foundation Trusts
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-campaign-guide-foundation-trusts/
- Published: 2013-12-10T12:12:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T00:12:50.000Z
- Description: Foundation Trusts were a big step towards a marketised NHS - and now all NHS Trusts have to become one, though many are struggling. So what's the future? One of OurNHS's key NHS campaigns.
- Author: OurNHS
- Tags: Resources , #Migrated, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 16:46, #appended-excerpt

Read OurNHS stories about Foundation Trusts [here](https://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/foundation-trusts) or see links on the right.

[‘Understanding the NHS reforms’](http://bma.org.uk/working-for-change/the-changing-nhs/understanding-the-reforms/foundation-trusts?ref=opendemocracy.net) \- NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts - briefing from the British Medical Association about all Trusts now having to become Foundation Trusts.

‘[Monitor and regulation](http://bma.org.uk/working-for-change/the-changing-nhs/understanding-the-reforms/monitor-and-regulation?ref=opendemocracy.net)’ - BMA briefing on Monitor’s role to regulate providers including Foundation Trusts.

See other campaigning tips on our 'Resources - Campaign tools' page [here](https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/ournhs/resources-practical-tools-for-nhs-campaigners).

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Foundation Trusts were a big step towards a marketised NHS - and now all NHS Trusts have to become one, though many are struggling. So what's the future? One of OurNHS's [key NHS campaigns](https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/ournhs/key-nhs-campaigns).