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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-gloucestershire-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1990/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2412",
  "legislation_title": "The East Gloucestershire National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-gloucestershire-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1990",
  "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 at Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 7AN and associated hospitals;\n(b) to manage community health services from Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham GL50 2QN and to own the premises there from which those services are to be provided and any associated premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/2741",
      "affecting_title": "The East Gloucestershire National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2412/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:56:16.582097+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."
}