The West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust (Establishment) and the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust and Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1337

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust (Establishment) and the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust and Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002

Made

25th March 2002

Coming into force

1st April 2002

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 3 and 29(1) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, considering it appropriate in the interests of the health service to dissolve the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust and the Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust(3), and having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of and paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 2 to that Act(4), makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust (Establishment) and the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust and Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act(5);

“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;

“the trust” means the West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Establishment and name of trust

2.  There is established an NHS trust which shall be called the West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust.

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, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service at or from the trust’s headquarters at 35 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent ME19 4AX and at or from Priority House, Heathside House, Pembury House, Darent House, Highlands House, Gatland House, Canada House, Twistleton Court, Homoeopathic Hospital Tunbridge Wells, and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.

Directors of trust

4.  The trust shall have in addition to the chairman 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.

Operational date and accounting date of the trust

5.—(1) The operational date shall be 1st April 2002.

(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.

Dissolution of NHS Trust

6.—(1) The Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust established by the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998(6) is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.

(2) The Invicta Community National Health Service Trust established by the Invicta Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1997(7) is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hazel Blears

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

25th March 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust as an NHS trust, provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

This Order also dissolves on 1st April 2002;

• the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust; and

• the Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust.

The new trust will provide certain services previously provided by the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust and the Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust which are dissolved by this Order.

The Order provides for the functions of the trust (article 3) and the number of executive and non-executive directors (article 4). It specifies the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions), and the accounting date of the trust (article 5).

This Order does not impose a charge on businesses.

(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”), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by 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 the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 69(d) and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) section 13; paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 is cited for the definition of “an order”; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act was amended by the Health Act 1999, section 13(7).

(3)

See paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act.

(4)

See S.I. 1996/653.

(5)

1977 c. 49; section 5(1) was amended by, and section 5(1A) was inserted by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 10(1); Schedule 1 was amended by the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40), paragraph 21 of Schedule 12, the Health and Medicines Act 1988, Schedule 2, paragraph 7 and the Education Act 1996 (c. 56), Schedule 37, paragraph 46.

(6)

S.I. 1998/805.

(7)

S.I. 1997/419.