PMBlackburn published Hospital trust merger scuppered by 'rushed deadlines'

Former Post Health Correspondent and now senior staff writer at the British Medical Association Peter Blackburn takes a closer look at the failed merger between Nottingham University Hospital and Sherwood Forest Hospitals trusts.A trust merger designed to improve patient safety and rescue a failing trust was scuppered by rushed deadlines and financial and legal 'impracticalities', it has emerged.NHS leaders set a target of just nine months to bring NUH (Nottingham University Hospitals) NHS Trust