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The Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001

S.I. 2001/1435 · Made 22 March 2001

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

Made 22nd March 2001

Coming into force 1st April 2001

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) and (4) 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, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) and (4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2), by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 57, by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 19), Schedule 2, paragraph 27 and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 37.

f2

1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 69 and by the 1999 Act, section 13(1).

f3

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

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions
  3. 3Further amendment of NHS trust establishment order
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the Order” means the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992f1;

  • “the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.

2Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions

(1)

The trust shall be called the Queen Elizabeth Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for “Greenwich Healthcare” substitute “Queen Elizabeth Hospital”.

(2)

The change of name effected by paragraph (1) shall not—

(a)

affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(b)

be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,

and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.

3Further amendment of NHS trust establishment order

(1)

In article 1(2) of the Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), omit the definition of “community health services”.

(2)

For article 3 of the Order (nature and functions of the trust) substitute 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 to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, for the purposes of the health service, at or from—

(a)

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, Woolwich, London SE18 4QH;

(b)

Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill, London SE18 3RZ,

and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.”.

(3)

The Schedule to the Order is omitted.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John Denham

Minister of State,

Department of Health

22nd March 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 (“the Establishment Order”), which established the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust, and changes the name of that trust.

Article 2 of the Order changes the name of the trust from the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital National Health Service Trust, and makes consequential amendments to the Establishment Order and transitional provisions. Article 3 of the order substitutes a new article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) and makes consequential amendments.