Explanatory note

This Order amends the Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 (“the Establishment Order”), which established the Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Article 2 changes the name of the trust to the Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust.

Article 3 sets out the nature and functions of the trust as being to provide hospital accommodation and services and community health services. This removes the reference to the particular establishments and facilities from which the trust carries out its functions.

Article 4 requires that one of the non-executive directors of the trust is appointed from the University of Portsmouth.

Article 5 omits the definition and specification of the trust’s “operational date” as it is of no on-going relevance.

Article 6 revokes articles 6 and 7 of the Establishment Order as they relate to the period before the operational date and are of no on-going relevance.

Article 7 makes consequential provisions to remove a definition that is of longer used in the Establishment Order.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no effect on private sector or civil society organisations, and no significant effect on the public sector.