Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
Made
15th March 2006
Coming into force
1st April 2006
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 3 and 29(1) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2).
The Secretary of State for Health considers it appropriate in the interests of the health service to dissolve the Nottingham City Hospital National Health Service Trust(3) and the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital National Health Service Trust(4), having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of, and paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(5).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Nottingham City Hospital National Health Service Trust and the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which she has a duty to provide under section 5(1) of that Act(6);
“dissolution date” means the date this Order comes into force;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act; and
“the trust” means the Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
2. There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service 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 to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service.
4.—(1) The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.
(2) Since the trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment within the meaning of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act one of the non-executive directors shall be appointed from the University of Nottingham.
5.—(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 2006.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
6. On the dissolution date—
(a)the Nottingham City Hospital National Health Service Trust, which was established by the Nottingham City Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991(7); and
(b)the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital National Health Service Trust, which was established by the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992(8),
are dissolved, and accordingly their Establishment Orders and the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998(9) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Rosie Winterton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
15th March 2006
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service Trust as a National Health Service trust under the terms set out in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.
The Order sets out the functions of the trust (article 3), the number of executive and non-executive directors of the trust and the requirement that one of the non-executive directors be appointed from the University of Nottingham (article 4), the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date of the trust (article 5).
This Order also dissolves the Nottingham City Hospital National Health Service Trust and the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital National Health Service Trust and revokes their Establishment Orders and the Establishment Amendment Order relating to the latter NHS Trust.
1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and section 41(10) of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46). The health functions of the Secretary of State are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the Health Act 1999 Act”).
1990 c. 19; section 5(1) was amended by sections 13(1)(a) and (10) and 65(2) of, and Schedule 5 to, the 1999 Act; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 85(a) of Schedule 1 to, the 1995 Act and by sections 13(7) and (10) and 65(1) of, and paragraphs 74 and 83(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to, the 1999 Act.
Established by S.I. 1991/2380.
Established by S.I. 1992/ 2478, as amended by S.I. 1998/2947 .
1990 c. 19; section 5(2) was amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 69(b) of Schedule 1 to, the 1995 Act. See S.I. 1996/653 for the prescribed consultation.
1977 c. 49; Schedule 1 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 12 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40), by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49)(“the 1988 Act”), by paragraph 46 of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) and by section 196 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 14 to, the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43); section 5(1) was amended by section 25 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 1988 Act and by section 140(3) of, and Schedule 31 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)(“the 1998 Act”).
S.I. 1992/2478, as amended by S.I. 1998/2947.