The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Chorley and South Ribble National Health Service Trust and Preston Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/2025
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation, and extent

(1) This order may be cited as the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Chorley and South Ribble National Health Service Trust and Preston Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1 August 2002.

(2) In this Order—

“ 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 also any service which the Secretary of State has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act;

“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;

“the trust” means the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Section 2 Establishment and name of the trust

There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Section 3 Nature and functions of the trust

(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 and community health services, for the purposes of the health service at or from—

(a) Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane North, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9HT,

(b) Sharoe Green Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane South, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 8DU,

(c) Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital, Preston Road, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 1PP, and

(d) at or from any associated hospitals, establishments, and facilities.

Section 4 Directors of the trust

The trust shall have a chairman, 5 executive directors, 6 non-executive directors, and 1 university representative.

Section 5 Operational and accounting dates of the trust

(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1 August 2002.

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

Section 6 Dissolution of National Health Service trusts

(1) The Chorley and South Ribble National Health Service Trust, which was established by the Chorley and South Ribble National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992, is dissolved, and that Establishment Order is accordingly revoked.

(2) The Preston Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust, which was established by the Preston Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993, is dissolved, and that Establishment Order is accordingly revoked.