§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health from whom the Government received the original idea of foundation hospitals; and if he will make a statement. [134607]
§ Mr. HuttonThe development of national health service foundation trusts came out of the system of earned autonomy which was developed in conjunction with three-star NHS trusts who were asked to identify the barriers staff and management face and to list the freedoms that would allow staff to deliver improvements to patients more quickly.