http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/755The Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the St Mary’s National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) (Amendment) Order 2012National Health Service (NHS)NHS managementHealth care services and specialismsCommunity health servicesHospitalsenNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLANDStatute Law Database2026-07-20Expert Participation2012-04-01 This Order amends the Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the St Mary’s National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2007 (the Establishment Order) which established the Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust. Article 2 amends article 3 of the Establishment Order which set out the trust’s functions, in particular so that the restriction on only providing hospital accommodation and services and community health services is removed and the trust is now established to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service. 2012 No. 755 National Health Service, England The Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the St Mary’s National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) (Amendment) Order 2012 Made 7th March 2012 Coming into force 1st April 2012

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 273(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.

 In accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the prescribed consultation has been completed. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the St Mary’s National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) (Amendment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st April 2012. 2 In this Order, the “Establishment Order” means the Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the St Mary’s National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2007. Substitution of article 3 of the Establishment Order 2 For article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) substitute— Functions of the trust 3 The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Simon Burns Minister of State, Department of Health 7th March 2012 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the St Mary’s National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2007 (the Establishment Order) which established the Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust. Article 2 amends article 3 of the Establishment Order which set out the trust’s functions, in particular so that the restriction on only providing hospital accommodation and services and community health services is removed and the trust is now established to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service.

 2006 c.41. See S.I. 2010/743. S.I. 2007/2755. Art. 1 in force at 1.4.2012, see art. 1(1)Art. 2 in force at 1.4.2012, see art. 1(1)