The Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/1435
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

(2) In this Order—

“ the Order ” means the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 ;

“ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.

Section 2 Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions

(1) The trust shall be called the Queen Elizabeth Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for “Greenwich Healthcare” substitute “Queen Elizabeth Hospital”.

(2) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) shall not—

(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(b) be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,

and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.

Section 3 Further amendment of NHS trust establishment order

(1) In article 1(2) of the Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), omit the definition of “community health services”.

(2) For article 3 of the Order (nature and functions of the trust) substitute the following article—

Nature and functions of the trust

(3)

(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 and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, for the purposes of the health service, at or from—

(a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, Woolwich, London SE18 4QH;

(b) Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill, London SE18 3RZ,

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

(3) The Schedule to the Order is omitted.