Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 805
National Health Service, England
The Wirral Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2011
Made
14th March 2011
Coming into force
1st April 2011
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 272(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
The Secretary of State for Health makes this Order following the completion of the consultation prescribed under section 25(3) of the National Health Service Act 2006(2).
Citation, commencement and interpretationI1
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Wirral Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 1st April 2011.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006 ;
[F1 “community health services” means any services—
whose provision must be arranged by [F2 an integrated care boardF2] under [F3 section 3(1)(g) or (i)F3] of the Act;
which are of a kind mentioned in [F4 section 3(1)(g) or (i)F4] of the Act, but—
whose provision must be arranged by [F5 NHS EnglandF5] under regulations made under section 3B of the Act(3); or
which may be provided by the Secretary of State or a local authority under section 2B of the Act;
which a local authority must provide under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act;
which a local authority may provide under paragraph 2 or 7A of Schedule 1 to the Act; or
which the Secretary of State must provide under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Act;F1]
“primary care services” means primary medical services, primary dental services, primary ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services;
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by article 2.
Establishment and name of the trustI2
2. There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the Wirral Community National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trustI3
3. The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, community health services and primary care services, for the purposes of the health service.
Directors of the trustI4
4.—(1) The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, [F64 executive directorsF6] and [F74 non-executive directorsF7] .
(2) If the Secretary of State suspends the chairman, or a non-executive director of the trust, the number of non-executive directors of the trust shall increase during the period of suspension by the number of persons so suspended.
Operational date and accounting date of the trustI5
5.—(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 2011.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Simon Burns
Minister of State,
Department of Health
14th March 2011
See S.I. 2010/743.
Paragraph 7A was inserted by section 143 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14) and amended by S.I. 2010/1158 which also amended paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Schedule.