2021 No. 1085
National Health Service, England

The Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2021

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 272(8) of, and paragraph 28 of Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service Act 20061.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes this Order on the application of the Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust following the consultation required under paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 4 to that Act2.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2021 and comes into force on 1st October 2021.

Dissolution2.

The Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust is dissolved.

Revocation3.

The Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Bury Health Care National Health Service Trust, the Rochdale Healthcare National Health Service Trust, the Oldham National Health Service Trust and the North Manchester Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 20023 is revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Gillian Keegan
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order provides for the dissolution on 1st October 2021 of the Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust which was established on 28th January 2002 (“the Pennine Trust”).

Article 3 revokes the Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Bury Health Care National Health Service Trust, the Rochdale Healthcare National Health Service Trust, the Oldham National Health Service Trust and the North Manchester Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/308), which established the Pennine Trust.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the public, private or voluntary sector is foreseen.