Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Glan Hafren National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 28th April 1997.

Amendment of Establishment Order

2. For Article 3 of the Glan Hafren National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1996(3) there shall be substituted 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-

(a)to own and manage under section 5(1)(a) of the Act hospital accommodation and services provided at Royal Gwent Hospital, Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent NP9 2UB and associated hospitals (including the management of its teaching and research facilities);

(b)to manage under section 5(1)(a) of the Act community health services provided from Royal Gwent Hospital, Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent NP9 2UB and to own the associated premises;

(c)to provide and manage under section 5(1)(b) of the Act hospital accommodation and services at Chepstow Neighbourhood Health Unit, Chepstow; and

(d)to manage under section 5(1)(b) of the Act community health services provided from all or any of the following premises-

(i)Chepstow Neighbourhood Health Unit, Chepstow

(ii)7 Sandpiper Way, Dyffryn, Newport, and

(iii)Oakfield Street Surgery, Ystrad Mynach

and to provide the associated premises.".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order which established the Glan Hafren National Health Service Trust to alter the purpose for which the trust has been established and to amend its functions. (The trust has assumed responsibility for the management of the Royal Gwent Hospital, previously managed by the Gwent District Health Authority and associated hospitals some of which were previously managed by Mid Glamorgan District Health Authority.)

This Order confers on the trust the purpose specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, to provide and manage hospitals or other establishments or facilities. The functions of the trust are also amended so that they are no longer confined to the ownership and management of establishments or facilities previously managed or provided by health authorities, but are now to include the provision and management of accommodation and services at other premises.