1999 No. 62

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Sandwell Healthcare National Health Service Trust(Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

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 Sandwell Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999.

Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order2

For article 3 of the Sandwell Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19945 (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 Sandwell District General Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ and associated hospitals and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services and community health services;

b

to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act premises at:—

i

Neptune Health Park, Sedgley Road, West Tipton,

ii

Hateley Heath Family Education and Training Centre, Huntingdon Road, Hateley Heath, West Bromwich B17 2RP,

iii

Parkside Centre, Corbett Street, Smethwick, and

iv

Asian Sheltered Accommodation, Fenton Street, Smethwick,

and there to provide community health services..

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

John DenhamMinister of State,Department of Health

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Sandwell Healthcare National Health Service Trust.

The Establishment Order is amended to confer on the trust the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to provide and manage community health services at Neptune Health Park, Sedgley Road, West Tipton; Hateley Heath Family Education and Training Centre, Huntingdon Road, Hateley Heath, West Bromwich B17 2RP; Parkside Centre, Corbett Street, Smethwick; and the Asian Sheltered Accommodation, Fenton Street, Smethwick.