1998 No. 2485
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The East Yorkshire Hospitals 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, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Act3, 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 East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 19th October 1998.

Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order2.

For article 3 of the East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19925 (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 (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 Authorities) shall be to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the following premises:

  • Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham, HU16 5JQ;

  • Westwood Hospital, Woodland Drive, Beverley, HU17 8BU; and any associated premises,

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

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Alan Milburn
Minister of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the East Yorkshire Hospitals 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 Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham, HU16 5JQ and Westwood Hospital, Woodland Drive, Beverley HU17 8BU.