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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/birmingham-childrens-hospital-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1994/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3182",
  "legislation_title": "The Birmingham Children’s Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/birmingham-childrens-hospital-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1994",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Nature and functions of the trust",
  "text": "(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.\n(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—\n(a) to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at The Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Ladywood Middleway, Ladywood, Birmingham B16 8ET and associated hospitals (including the management of its teaching and research facilities);\n(b) to manage community health services provided from The Springfields Centre, Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JB and to own the associated premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/370",
      "affecting_title": "The Birmingham Children’s Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/366",
      "affecting_title": "The Birmingham Children’s Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3182/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:20:40.402473+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}