Monitor believes that better care and improved health services for 900,000 people will be the outcome of the first acquisition of an NHS Foundation Trust by another.
The health sector regulator has granted final approval to Frimley Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to acquire neighbouring Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Monitor expects the newly enlarged organisation – Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust – to provide expanded and enhanced services such as specialist elderly care and cardiology across Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
