I admit I'm baffled by the story in The Times today that Javid is looking at the academy school model for NHS trusts. They already have more autonomy than academies do.
And NHS trusts are far bigger financially than the biggest academy trusts. Making them any bigger by allowing successful ones to run other trusts in a chain would surely create a "too big to fail" moral hazard?
Obviously it's very early stage and maybe someone briefed it out because they're desperate for any other news. But it's hardly "red meat" - it's a very wonkish policy suggestion that most people wouldn't understand.
Also there's a already a process (called special administration) for handing NHS trusts to new providers if they're underperforming or failing financially. As I say I'm baffled.
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