Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 1435
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001
Made
22nd March 2001
Coming into force
1st April 2001
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977( 1 ) and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990( 2 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that latter Act( 3 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
(2) In this Order—
“the Order” means the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992( 4 );
“the trust” means the National Health Servicetrust established by the Order.
Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions
2. —(1) The trust shall be called the Queen Elizabeth Hospital National Health ServiceTrust instead of the Greenwich Healthcare National Health ServiceTrust and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for “Greenwich Healthcare” substitute “Queen Elizabeth Hospital”.
(2) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) shall not—
(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or
(b) be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,
and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.
Further amendment of NHS trust establishment order
3. —(1) In article 1(2) of the Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), omit the definition of “community health services”.
(2) For article 3 of the Order (nature and functions of the trust) substitute the following article—
“ Nature and functions of the trust
3. —(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, for the purposes of the health service, at or from—
(a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, Woolwich, London SE18 4QH;
(b) Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill, London SE18 3RZ,
and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities. ” .
(3) The Schedule to the Order is omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
22nd March 2001
1977 c. 49 ; section 126(3) and (4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) , section 65(2), by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 57, by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 19) , Schedule 2, paragraph 27 and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 37.
1990 c. 19 ; section 5 was amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 69 and by the 1999 Act, section 13(1).
See S.I. 1996/653 , regulation 2.
S.I. 1992/2533 , as amended by S.I. 1998/1417 .