Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 887

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Central Sheffield University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

Made

19th March 1999

Coming into force

1st April 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Act(3), considering it appropriate that the functions of the trust should include functions in relation to the provision of services for one or more Health Authorities(4), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Central Sheffield University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

(2) In this Order-�

"the Order" means the Central Sheffield University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991(5);

"the trust" means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.

Amendment of Establishment Order

2. For article 3 of the Order, 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)(b) of the Act.

(2) The trust's functions shall be to provide and manage:

(i)The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF,

(ii)The Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, Wellesley Road, Sheffield S10 2SZ,

(iii)The Jessop Hospital for Women, Leavy Greave Road, Sheffield S3 7RE, and

(iv)The Weston Park Hospital, Whitham Road, Sheffield S10 2SJ,

and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services.".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

John Denham

Minister of State,

Department of Health

19th March 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order ("the Establishment Order") which established the Central Sheffield University Hospitals National Health Service Trust ("the 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 the hospitals listed in article 2.

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Weston Park Hospital National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1999(6).

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act") and 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).

(2)

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

(3)

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

(4)

See section 5(6) of the 1990 Act.

(5)

S.I. 1991/2332.

(6)

S.I. 1999/886.