The Northallerton Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 323

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Northallerton Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998

Made

18th February 1998

Coming into force

2nd March 1998

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that latter Act(3) and consider it appropriate that the functions of the trust should include functions in relation to the provision of services for one or more Health Authorities(4), hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Northallerton Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd March 1998.

Amendment of Establishment Order

2.  For Article 3 of the Northallerton Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991(5) 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 shall be—

(a) to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 1JG and associated hospitals, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services;

(b) to manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act community health services provided from Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 1JG and to own the associated premises;

(c) to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act The Friary, Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4DW and The Friary Lodge, 4 Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4DW and there to provide hospital accommodation and services; and

(d) to manage pursant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act community health services provided from The Friary, Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4DW and The Friary Lodge, 4 Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4DW.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Alan Milburn

Minister of State

Department of Health

18th February 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Northallerton Health Services National Health Service Trust.

The Establishment Order is amended to confer on the trust the purpose specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and, in pursuance of that purpose, extends the functions of the trust to include the function of providing and managing The Friary, Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4DW and The Friary Lodge, 4 Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4DW.

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) and by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”).

(2)

1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act.

(3)

See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(2).

(4)

See section 5(6) of the 1990 Act.

(5)

S.I. 1991/2378.