The Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Bury Health Care National Health Service Trust, the Rochdale Healthcare National Health Service Trust, the Oldham National Health Service Trust and the North Manchester Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust as an NHS trust, as provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (article 2).

This Order dissolves on 1st April 2002 (article 8):

• the Bury Health Care National Health Service Trust;

• the Rochdale Healthcare National Health Service Trust;

• the Oldham National Health Service Trust; and

• the North Manchester Healthcare National Health Service Trust.

The new trust will provide services previously provided by the Bury Health Care National Health Service Trust, the Rochdale Healthcare National Health Service Trust, the Oldham National Health Service Trust and by the North Manchester Healthcare National Health Service Trust, which are dissolved by this Order.

The Pennine Care NHS Trust(1) and Primary Care Trusts will provide community health services, previously provided by the trusts dissolved by this Order:

• he Bury Primary Care Trust(2);

• the Rochdale Primary Care Trust(3);

• the Oldham Primary Care Trust(4);

• the Heywood and Middleton Primary Care Trust(5); and

• the North Manchester Primary Care Trust(6).

The Order provides for the functions of the trust and for recognition of the trust as having a significant teaching commitment (article 3). Article 4 provides for the number of executive and non-executive directors and for one of its non-executive directors to be appointed from the University of Manchester. It specifies the operational date (the dates on which the trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date of the trust (article 5). It also specifies the trust’s liabilities which will be discharged by the West Pennine Health Authority if incurred between the establishment date and the operational date (article 7).

This Order does not impose a charge on business.

(1)

S.I. 2001/3733.

(2)

S.I. 2002/69.

(3)

S.I. 2002/68.

(4)

S.I. 2002/64.

(5)

S.I. 2001/438.

(6)

S.I. 2000/1964.