§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the hospital trusts which have indicated an interest in foundation status. [101376]
§ Mr. HuttonPreliminary applications for national health service foundation trust status have been received from the following 32 NHS trusts:
Addenbrooke's NHS Trust
Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust
Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust
Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust
East Cheshire NHS Trust
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust
Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust
King's College Hospital NHS Trust
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust
Papworth Hospital NHS Trust
Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust
Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Devon and Exeter Health Care NHS Trust
Royal Marsden NHS Trust
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospital Services NHS Trust
Stockport NHS Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust