The Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/805
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

“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 Act ;

“the trust” means the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Section 2 Establishment and name of the trust

There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust.

Section 3 Functions of the trust

The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be:—

(a) to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Keycol Hospital, Newington, Nr. Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8NG and associated hospitals and premises, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services and community health services;

(b) to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Archery House, Bow Arrow Lane, Dartford, Kent DA2 6PB and associated hospitals, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services;

(c) to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act the Livingstone Hospital, East Hill, Dartford, Kent DA1 1SA and the associated premises, and there to provide community health services;

(d) to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the adult psychiatric unit, Bow Arrow Lane, Dartford, Kent DA2 6PB, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services; and

(e) to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the community hospital, Barton Hill Drive, Minster, Sheerness, Kent and there to provide community health services.

Section 4 Directors of the trust

The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.

Section 5 Operational date and accounting date of the trust

(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1998.

(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.

Section 6 Restriction on disposal of assets

The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.