Explanatory note

This Order amends the Ealing Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 (“the Establishment Order”), which established the Ealing Hospital National Health Service Trust.

Article 3 amends the provision of the Establishment Order which specifies the nature and functions of the trust, so as to remove the reference to section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (which has been repealed and is replaced by section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006), remove the reference to the particular establishments and facilities from which the trust carries out its functions, and to increase the trust’s functions, in particular so that it may provide community health services in addition to hospital accommodation and services.

Article 4 makes a consequential amendment.