The Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 1048

National Health Service, England

The Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2017

Made

25th October 2017

Coming into force

6th November 2017

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 272(7)(a) and (8)(a) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1).

In accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the consultation prescribed in regulations made under that section has been completed(2).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 6th November 2017.

Change of name and savings

2.—(1) The Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust is to be called the Whittington Health National Health Service Trust.

(2) The Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment Order) 1992(3) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4).

(3) In article 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) in the definition of “the trust”, for “Hospital” substitute “Health”.

(4) In article 2 (establishment of the trust), for “Hospital” substitute “Health”.

(5) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) does not—

(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(b) invalidate any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust, and all instruments and other documents which refer to that name must be construed as referring to the Whittington Health National Health Service Trust.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Philip Dunne

Minister of State,

Department of Health

25th October 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992, which established the Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust.

Article 2 changes the name of the trust to the Whittington Health National Health Service Trust.

No impact assessment has been produced for this instrument as it has no effect on private sector and civil society organisations, and no significant effect on the public sector.

(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)

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, before making an order under section 25(1) of the 2006 Act in relation to an NHS trust, consultation by the Secretary of State with that NHS trust.

(3)

S.I. 1992/2510, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.