1998 No. 2949

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

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

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 19771 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19902 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that latter Act3 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 Authorities4, hereby makes the following Order:–

Citation and commencement1

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.

Amendment of Establishment Order2

For article 3 of the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19935 (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article:–

Nature and functions of the trust3

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.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Alan MilburnDepartment of Health

(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.