Introduction
In 2013-14, the Department of Health (the Department)
allocated £95.2 billion to NHS England to pay for NHS services.
NHS England allocated £65.4 billion of this to the 211 clinical
commissioning groups in England, for them to commission health
care services from hospitals and other healthcare providers on
behalf of their local populations. At 31 March 2014 there were
98 NHS trusts and 147 NHS foundation trusts which provided community,
mental health, acute and specialist health services. Monitor regulates
NHS foundation trusts, and a new body, the NHS Trust Development
Authority, supports NHS trusts that are yet to achieve foundation
status. The Department has provided some £1.8 billion of
additional cash support to NHS trusts and foundation trusts under
financial stress between 2006-07 and 2013-14.
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