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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2769",
  "legislation_title": "The NHS Direct National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 1 of the Establishment Order",
  "text": "In article 1 of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—\n(a) after the definition of “general ophthalmic services” insert the following definitions—\n““influenza pandemic” means a global outbreak of pandemic influenza;\n“National Pandemic Flu Line Service” means a multi-channel remote access service for the assessment of patients and the authorisation of medication in the event of an influenza pandemic;”; and\n(b) after the definition of “operational date” insert the following definition—\n““pandemic influenza” means influenza caused by a new virus subtype that has an increased and sustained transmission during a global outbreak of influenza;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2769/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:21.170991+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."
}