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The Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998

S.I. 1998/2949 · Made 26 November 1998

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 26th November 1998

Coming into force 7th December 1998

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that latter Actf3 and considering it appropriate that the functions of the trust should include functions in relation to the provision of services for one or more Health Authoritiesf4, hereby makes the following Order:–

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by section 41(10) and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46).

f2

1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act.

f3

See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(2).

f4

See section 5(6) of the 1990 Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Establishment Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th December 1998.

2Amendment of Establishment Order

For article 3 of the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993f1 (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article:–

“Nature and functions of the trust

3
(1)

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

(2)

The trust’s functions shall be–

(a)

to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act:

(i)

Nuneaton Ambulance Station, Newton Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4HR

(ii)

Dordon Ambulance Station, Watling Street, Dordon, Staffordshire, B78 1TE

(iii)

Rugby Ambulance Station, Brownsover Lane, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1HL and

(iv)

Warwick Ambulance Station, Montague Road, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5UV

and from there to provide and manage ambulance and associated transport services and such other services relating to the provision of care as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction therewith; and

(b)

to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act:

(i)

Ambulance Service Headquarters, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HH,

(ii)

Stratford Ambulance Station, Masons Road, Stratford, Warwickshire CV37 9NA, and

(iii)

Ambulance Control Centre and Vehicle Compound, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham National Health Service Trust, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH

and from there to provide and manage ambulance and associated transport services and such other services relating to the provision of care as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction therewith.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Alan Milburn

Department of Health

26th November 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust.

The Establishment Order is amended to confer on the trust the purpose specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to provide and manage Ambulance Service Headquarters, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HH, Stratford Ambulance Station, Masons Road, Stratford, Warwickshire CV37 9NA, and the Ambulance Control Centre and Vehicle Compound, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham National Health Service Trust, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH and from there to provide ambulance, transport and other care services.