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Health and Social Care Bill

I simply want to make a correction. Foundation trust boards are mixed; they do not report up the line; they are entirely responsible for the work of their trust; and if it all goes wrong, they will simply be sacked by Monitor, which is the regulator and the only body above a foundation trust board. My understanding is that an awful lot of private sector boards are exactly the same: they are mixed and they are ultimately responsible for the operation of the organisation. Mixed boards work very well. What one needs is absolute clarity on the part of the executive and non-executive directors about their role. So long as one has really good selection procedures, it is a good model.