Foresight Partnership

This case study explores the interplay of a number of dilemmas including:

-Who is governance for?

-Board effectiveness when things get tough

-The place of regulatory assurance in ensuring accountability

The case study describes the approach that Bedfordshire and Luton Partnership Trust has taken to respond to these dilemmas, It sets out the process through which the board of this organisation reached the conclusion that it would not be able to achieve foundation trust status in its own right. In the public interest, the Board stood down to facilitate a takeover of the organisation by an existing foundation trust.