Monitor (NHS)

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Monitor was an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the UK, responsible for overseeing the NHS foundation trusts, independent providers of NHS-funded care and the NHS procurement, patient choice and competition regulations. It was merged with the NHS Trust Development Authority to form NHS Improvement on 1 April 2016.

History[edit | edit source]

Monitor was established in January 2004 under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. Its primary role was to authorise and regulate NHS foundation trusts, a new type of NHS hospital with significant managerial and financial freedom compared to existing NHS trusts.

Role and Responsibilities[edit | edit source]

Monitor's role was to protect and promote the interests of patients by ensuring that the whole sector works for their benefit. Monitor's responsibilities included:

  • Ensuring NHS foundation trusts were well-led so that they could deliver quality care on a sustainable basis
  • Ensuring choice and competition operate in the best interests of patients
  • Enabling integrated care

Merger[edit | edit source]

On 1 April 2016, Monitor was merged with the NHS Trust Development Authority to form NHS Improvement. The merger was part of a series of changes to the NHS's regulatory architecture proposed by the NHS Five Year Forward View in 2014.

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