2000 No. 2886
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Walsgrave Hospitals National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2000

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, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Walsgrave Hospitals National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on 30th October 2000.

(2)

In this Order—

“the Order” means the Walsgrave Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19934;

“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.

Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions2.

(1)

The trust shall be called the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire National Health Service Trust instead of the Walsgrave Hospitals National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for the words “Walsgrave Hospitals” there are substituted the words “University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire”.

(2)

The change of name effected by paragraph (1) shall not—

(a)

affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(b)

be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,

and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as if referring to it under its new name.

Further amendments of NHS trust Establishment Order3.

(1)

In article 1 of the Order, in paragraph (2), after the definition of the Act, there shall be inserted—
““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 Act5;”

(2)

For article 3 of the Order (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 to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, and community health services for the purposes of the health service, at or from:

(a)

Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave, Coventry CV2 2DX;

(b)

Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FH;

(c)

The Hospital of St. Cross, Barby Road, Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 5PX;

(d)

Hollies, Lower Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2SX;

(e)

Board Room, Lower Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 3SX,

and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.”

(3)

After article 6 of the Order there shall be added the following article—

“Significant teaching commitment7.

(1)

The trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act.

(2)

One of the non-executive directors of the trust shall be appointed from the University of Warwick.”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Walsgrave Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Walsgrave Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Article 2 of the Order changes the name of the trust to the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire National Health Service Trust. Article 3 substitutes a new article 3 of the Establishment Order (functions of the trust), provides for recognition of the trust as having a significant teaching commitment and for one of its non-executive directors to be appointed from the University of Warwick.