NHS foundation trust
Semi-autonomous organisational unit within the National Health Service in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with NHS trust.
An NHS foundation trust is a semi-autonomous organisational unit within the National Health Service in England. They have a degree of independence from the Department of Health and Social Care (and, until the abolition of SHAs in 2013, their local strategic health authority). As of March 2019 there were 151 foundation trusts.