The Worcestershire Health and Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) (Amendment) Order 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 1157

National Health Service, England

The Worcestershire Health and Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) (Amendment) Order 2020

Made

22nd October 2020

Coming into force

1st November 2020

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1), 272(7)(a) and (8)(a) and 273(1) 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.

(1)

2006 c.41 (“the 2006 Act”). Section 179(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012(c.7) provides for the repeal of section 25 of the 2006 Act but this provision is not yet in force.

(2)

See the National Health Service Trusts (Consultation on Establishment and Dissolution) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/743), to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. The prescribed consultation under regulation 2(2) of those regulations is that, before making an order under section 25(1) of the 2006 Act in relation to an NHS trust, the Secretary of State must consult that NHS trust.