Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2346
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Princess Royal Hospital National Health Service Trust and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2003
Made
10th September 2003
Coming into force
1st October 2003
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977( 1 ) and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 3 and 29(1) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990( 2 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, considering it appropriate in the interests of the health service to dissolve the Princess Royal Hospital National Health Service Trust( 3 ) and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals National Health Service Trust( 4 ), and having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of, and paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990( 5 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital National Health ServiceTrust (Establishment) and the Princess Royal Hospital National Health ServiceTrust and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act( 6 );
“dissolution date” means the date this Order comes into force;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act( 7 ); and
“the trust” means the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital National Health ServiceTrust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment and name of trust
2. There is established a National Health Servicetrust which shall be called the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital National Health ServiceTrust.
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, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service at or from—
(a) Princess Royal Hospital, Apley Castle, Telford, Shropshire TF6 6TF,
(b) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 8XQ,
and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.
Directors of trust
4. The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive and 6 non-executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5. —(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st October 2003.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 1st October.
Dissolution of NHS trusts
6. On the dissolution date—
(a) the Princess Royal Hospital National Health ServiceTrust which was established by the Princess Royal Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992( 8 ); and
(b) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals National Health ServiceTrust which was established by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993( 9 ),
are dissolved, and accordingly their Establishment Orders are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Stephen Ladyman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
10th September 2003
1977 c. 49 ; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) , by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by section 41(10) of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) . The health functions of the Secretary of State are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 , as amended by section 66(5) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”).
1990 c. 19 ; section 5(1) was amended by sections 13(1)(a), (10) and 65(2) of, and Schedule 5 to, the 1999 Act; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 85(a) of Schedule 1 to, the 1995 Act and by sections 13(7), (10) and 65(1) of, and paragraphs 74, 83(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to, the 1999 Act.
S.I. 1992/2554 as amended by S.I. 1995/88 .
1990 c. 19 ; section 5(2) was amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 69(b) of Schedule 1 to, the 1995 Act. See S.I. 1996/653 for the prescribed consultation.
1977 c. 49 ; Schedule 1 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 12 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40) , by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”) and by paragraph 46 of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) ; section 5(1) was amended, and section 5(1A) was inserted, by section 10(1) of the 1988 Act.
See paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) .
S.I. 1992/2554 as amended by S.I. 1995/88 .