This briefing, commissioned from Catalyst by the Transport and General Workers Union, sets out the key issues of concern in the debate over Foundation Hospitals, warning that they could inject a competitive ethos into the NHS and open a gap in service delivery between a small elite of favoured hospitals guarding their position against a lower tier of “second class” provision upon which the majority will depend. Foundation hospitals represent a full-blown assault on public services and a giant step towards privatisation.Link: http://www.catalystforum.org.uk/pubs/paper14.html