Hutchings, Andrew; Allen, Pauline; Fulop, Naomi; King, … - In: Public Money & Management 23 (2003) 2, pp. 103-112
Mergers in the UK National Health Service have been justified by their perceived benefits. This article reports the findings from a study exploring the financial outcome of trust mergers. The authors found that financial deficits in constituent trusts, anticipated management cost savings and...