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But as the new bodies take up control - and the old organisations, including 152 primary care trusts, are scrapped - the government maintained the changes would put the NHS on a firm footing for the 21st century.
BBC: NHS structure changes come into force
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Although the theory that describes the interaction of quarks and gluons is on a firm conceptual footing, it is so complicated in practice that it can take years to make a single calculation of something like the shape of a proton even using the most powerful supercomputers.
ECONOMIST: Protons: Holey grail | The
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Victim Support argues that the government should "implement funding solutions which place the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme on a firm financial footing".
BBC: Victim compensation fund reduced
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Limiting government spending, and keeping the budget on a firm financial footing, is crucial as we approach the retirement years of the baby-boomer generation.
FORBES: Limiting Government by Expanding Public Healthcare
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The three points will ensure the visiting fans travel back to the south coast with pride intact, even if their club is not on as firm a footing.
BBC: Burnley 1-2 Portsmouth
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When they presented the plan to us, my responsibility to taxpayers is to look at those plans in a realistic way and figure are these plans going to work in order to put these auto companies on a firm, solid footing where they can operate without government subsidies and succeed, and compete in the marketplace.
WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall in Arnold, Missouri