The Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/826
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

Section 2 Amendment of Establishment Order

(1) For article 2 of the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 there shall be substituted the following article:–

Establishment of the trust

(2) There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called Velindre National Health Service Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol Felindre.

(2) For article 3 of the said Order there shall be substituted the following article:–

Nature and functions of the trust

(3)

(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.

(2) 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 Velindre Hospital, Velindre Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF4 7XL and associated hospitals and premises, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services; and

(b) to own and manage Welsh Blood Service Headquarters, Ely Valley Road, Talbot Green, Pontyclun CF72 9WB and associated premises, and there to provide and manage services relating to the collection, screening and processing of blood and its constituents and to the preparation and supply of blood, plasma and other blood products.