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Quango
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Quango
Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organization. An organization, which itself is not part of the government, to which the government has given a large degree of power, as a regulator or in another capacity. A prominent example is the Water Services Regulation Authority, which regulates sewage in the UK, among other things. However, it is not part of the government. The term is most common in the British Isles.


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The quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations operate without a clear framework, in a complex and confusing world of over-lapping responsibilities, strategies and partnerships, the commission states.
Because Mr Musgrove, aged 56, former Austin Rover boss, was appointed chairman of Heartlands and Solihull Hospital NHS Trust, which is a quango - a Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation.
 
 
 
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