Explanatory note

This Order amends the Order which established the Bro Morgannwg National Health Service Trust to alter the purposes for which the trust has been established and to amend its functions.

The Order confers on the trust the purposes of providing goods and services for the purposes of the health service as specified in section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and, in pursuance of those purposes, extends the functions of the trust to include the function of providing goods and services (including hospital facilities and community health services) at or from the hospitals described. The Order includes provision in relation to the transfer of all services from Neath General Hospital and its closure and in relation to the provision of such services to be provided at a new hospital at Baglan Way, Port Talbot. Such arrangements have been the subject of public consultation including consultation with the relevant Community Health Council.