Monitor - Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts
Who are NHS foundation trusts accountable to?
NHS foundation trusts are free from central government control and are accountable to their local communities, through governors and members, to Parliament and to Monitor.
The diagram below shows how NHS foundation trusts work with other parts of the NHS, and how funding flows.
Related links
- Department of Health
(external site) - Care Quality Commission
(external site) - UK Parliament
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Related publications
- Monitor and NHS foundation trusts: An introduction for Parliamentarians and their staff - in this publication we detail the ways in which Monitor interacts with parliamentarians.