Article 4 Change of functions of NHS trust

In article 1(2) of the Order (interpretation), the following definition is inserted at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order:

• ““community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act^f1.”

For article 3 of the Order, there shall be substituted the following article:–

“Nature and functions of the trust

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(1)

The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.

(2)

The trust’s functions shall be to own and manage Teddington Memorial Hospital, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0JL and associated hospitals, establishments and facilities, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide community health services”.