he did not expect the remaining NHS trusts to become Foundation Trusts, saying "We are frankly kidding ourselves if we think the non-FTs are going to pass the kinds of criteria that have been set by Monitor." Types There are several types of NHS trusts: Hospital trust (also known as an acute trust), which provides secondary care services Mental health trust Ambulance services trust Community health trust Over time the distinction between different types has eroded, and both hospital and mental health trusts have taken on responsibility for various community services. Sustainability and transformation plans all propose to move services out of hospitals into the community and the hospital trusts are generally planning to follow these initiatives. Foundation trusts Foundation trust status may be applied for by the above categories of NHS trust. Successive governments have announced that all NHS Trusts should become NHS Foundation Trusts, and deadlines have been set for this transformation, which have repeatedly been missed. Former types NHS primary care trust (PCT) (abolished 1 April 2013), which provided primary care services, public health functions and commissioned secondary care services NHS care trust (abolished 1 April 2013), provided/commissioned health and social care services, usually with responsibilities of both a PCT and a local authority Other types of NHS organisation Several special health authorities, organised on a national basis, deal with NHS-wide issues. An example is NHS Blood and Transplant. See also List of NHS trusts in England List of NHS Wales trusts and health boards References National Health Service