2000 No. 993
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Community Health Services National Health Service Trust (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, 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 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Community Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on 5th April 2000.

Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order2.

For article 3 of the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Community Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19935 (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, hospital accommodation and services and community health services, at or from the following hospitals, establishments or facilities for the purposes of the health service, namely,

(a)

Wesham Park Hospital, Derby Road, Wesham, Preston PR4 3AL;

(b)

Rossall Hospital, Westway, Rossall, Fleetwood, Lancashire FY7 8JH;

(c)

The site at Kincraig Road, Blackpool FY2 0HF,

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

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Community Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Community Health Services National Health Service Trust.

The Establishment Order is amended to confer on the trust the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (as amended) to provide goods, hospital accommodation and services, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service, at or from Wesham Park Hospital (article 3(2)(a)), Rossall Hospital (article 3(2)(b)), the site at Kincraig Road (article 3(2)(c)) and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.