Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 819
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2025
Made
17th June 2025
Coming into force
1st July 2025
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25(1), 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
In accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State has completed the consultation prescribed by regulations(2) made under that section.
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Yorkshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2025 and comes into force on 1st July 2025.
(2) In this Order, “ the Establishment Order ” means the Yorkshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2006 ( 3 ).
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.
Amendment of interpretation provision
2. For article 1(2) of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), omit the definitions of “the Act”, “community health services” and “operational date”.
Amendment to nature and functions of the trust
3. For article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust), substitute—
“3. The trust’s functions are to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service.”.
Amendment of requirements relating to directors
4. For article 4 of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust), substitute—
“4. The trust must have, in addition to the chairman, 6 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.”.
Removal of specification of operational date
5. For article 5 of the Establishment Order (operational date and accounting date of the trust) and the heading to that article, substitute—
Accounting date of the trust
5. The accounting date of the trust is 31st March.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Karin Smyth
Minister of State
Department of Health and Social Care
17th June 2025
2006 c. 41. Section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 was repealed by section 179(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) but that repeal was not brought into force and has subsequently been repealed by section 48 of the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31).
S.I. 2010/743, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. The prescribed consultation under regulation 2(2) of S.I. 2010/743 is that, before making an order under section 25(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 in relation to an NHS trust, the Secretary of State must consult that NHS trust.