The Edinburgh Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998

Amendment of Article 3 of the principal Order

2.  For article 3 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following:–

“3.— (1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 12A(1) of the Act.

(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Boards) shall be–

(a) to own and manage under section 12A(1)(a) of the Act the hospital establishments or facilities known as the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Corstorphine Hospital, Gogarburn Hospital, Ferryfield House and Southfield Hospital, all in Edinburgh, and establishments associated with those hospitals, including management of the facilities provided at and from those establishments, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with these establishments and the support services related thereto; and

(b) to provide and manage under section 12A(1)(b) of the Act Ellen’s Glen House, a new hospital and associated facilities to replace Southfield Hospital, Edinburgh.”.