The Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998

Amendment of Establishment Order

2.  For article 3 of the Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993(1) (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted 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 (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be—

(a) to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Ambulance Headquarters, Bransford, Worcester WR6 5JD and associated premises, and from there to manage ambulance and associated transport services, and to manage such other services, relating to the provision of care, as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction with the management of ambulance and associated transport services; and

(b) to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act:—

(i) Leominster Ambulance Station, Unit 1 and 2, Western Close Industrial Estate, Southern Avenue, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DD,

(ii) Hartlebury Lodge Training Centre, Unit 60D, Hartlebury Trading Estate, Hartlebury, Near Kidderminster DY10 4JB, and

(iii) Dudley Ambulance Station, Unit 16, Enterprise Trading Estate, Hurst Lane, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1TX,

and from there to manage ambulance and associated transport services, and to manage such other services, relating to the provision of care, as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction with the management of ambulance and associated transport services.”.

(1)

S.I. 1993/2553.