Mergers and acquisitions
Find out about proposed and legally effective changes to statutory health and social care organisations in instances of an acquisition, merger, split or restructure.
Proposed changes are those which ODS have been informed are due to take place by local, affected organisations and/or NHS England, but which are not yet formally approved. As such, the details of any proposed changes are subject to change, delay or cancellation. We advise that ODS data users periodically check this webpage for further updates.
Legally effective changes are those which have been formally approved, either by issue of a parliamentary Statutory Instrument or an NHS England approved Grant of Acquisition or Merger. As such, these changes have been reflected within ODS published data.
Formally approved name changes for statutory organisations which have occurred in the last 12 months are also detailed below. For anything prior to this please refer to the succ.csv and succarc.csv files.
Proposed changes
Proposed/pending statutory instrument
| Affected organisation | Change type | Target implementation date | New or retained ODS code | New organisation name | Link to legal document (if applicable) |
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| East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (RWH) | Name change | To be confirmed | RWH | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/392/made |
Legally effective changes
| Affected organisations | Change type | Legal effective date | New or retained ODS code | New organisation name | Link to legal document (if applicable) |
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Royal Free London NHS FT (RAL) North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (RAP) |
Acquisition of RAP by RAL | 1 January 2025 | RAL | No change (Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust) | Pending |
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust (RRP) Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (TAF) |
Acquisition of RRP by TAF Care Trust code (TAF) was closed as part of their acquisitiion of RRP, as the resulting organisation is an NHS trust rather than a care trust. This resulted in new organisation and site codes. |
1 November 2024 | G6V2S | North London NHS Foundation Trust | Grant of application for the acquisition of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
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Hounslow and Richmond NHS Trust (RY9) Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RAX) |
Acquisition of RY9 by RAX | 1 November 2024 | RAX | Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust | Pending |
| United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (RWD) | Name change | 16 September 2024 | RWD | United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
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Solent NHS Trust (R1C) Southern Health NHS Trust (RW1) |
Acquisition of R1C by RW1 | 1 October 2024 | RW1 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Pending |
| Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust (RYK) | Transfer of Services and Dissolution of RYK | 1 October 2024 | Not applicable | Not applicable | The Dudley Integrated Health and Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2024 (legislation.gov.uk) |
| Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (RRE) | Name change | 4 April 2023 | RRE | Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | |
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Hounslow and Richmond NHS Trust (RY9) West London NHS Trust (RKL) |
Transfer of community services for Hounslow from RY9 to RKL – will result in ODS site code changes | 1 July 2024 | RKL | West London NHS Trust | |
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Isle of Wight NHS Trust (R1F)
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Transfer of Services (Community, mental health and learning disability services) from R1F to RW1 - will result in ODS site code changes | 1 May 2024 | RW1 |
Southern Health NHS Trust
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Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (RX2) Southern Health NHS Trust (RW1) |
Transfer of Services (CAMHS) from RX2 to RW1 - will result in ODS site code changes | 1 February 2024 | RW1 |
Southern Health NHS Trust (Rename of RW1 pending - see table above for proposed changes) |
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Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust (RVY) Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (RBN) |
NHS Trust Acquisition of RVY by RBN |
1 July 2023 | RBN | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
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| Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (RXF) | Name change | 12 May 2023 | RXF | Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Not applicable |
NHS England merger
The merger of NHS England, including NHS Digital from January 2023, and Health Education England from April 2023, created a new NHS England.
As a result of the merger, the 3 separate ODS codes for the former organisations remain active but with some renaming as described in the table below.
| ODS Org Code | Code name pre-merger | Current code name |
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| X24 | NHS ENGLAND | NHS ENGLAND |
| X26 | NHS DIGITAL | NHS ENGLAND - X26 |
| T1510 | HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND | NHS ENGLAND - T1510 |
A further options analysis and impact assessment is required within NHS England to determine the long-term future of these codes. Until this is complete all 3 codes will remain legally and operationally active in ODS data.
Last edited: 20 June 2025 11:10 am