Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
19th March 1999
Coming into force
1st April 1999
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 3 and 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed by section 5(2) of that Act(2), and considering it appropriate to include, among the functions of the NHS trust established by this Order, functions in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities or Special Health Authorities(3), hereby makes the following Order:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
(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(4);
"operational date" has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
"the Schedule" means the Schedule to this Order;
"the trust" means the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
2. There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service 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 pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act 1 Union Street, Luton, Beds. LU1 3AN, 40 Kimbolton Road, Bedford MK40 2NR, and associated establishments and facilities, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services;
(b)to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the properties listed in Part I of the Schedule, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services; and
(c)to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the properties listed in Part II of the Schedule, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.
4. The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.
5.-(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1999.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
6. 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.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
19th March 1999
Article 3(2)
105 London Road, Luton, Beds LU1 8RG
Hampden House, Bedford Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1NF
Plot 5 (Blue Circle Site), Mayer Way, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5BF
Oakley Court, Angel Close, Oakley Road, Leagrave, Luton LU4 9WT
Foxholes, Pirton Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 2EN
Whichello's Wharf, The Elms, Linslade, Beds LU7 7TD
1 Union Street, Luton LU1 3AN
Orchard Cottage, Church Road, Lower Sundon, Beds LU3 3PB
Askern House, Manor Road, Kempston Hardwick, Beds MK43 9NP
16 Wingfield Road, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8JZ
95 Elstow Road, Bedford MK42 9NS
Southways Elderly Persons' Home, 290 London Road, Bedford MK42 0PX
5-“7 Rush Court, Bedford MK40 8JT
Healthlink, 26-“28 Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2QD
Overstones, Bowling Green Lane, Luton LU2 2HR
Cedar Lodge, 9 Sundon Road, Streatley, Luton LU3 3PL
Red House Farm, Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Beds MK45 3DP
Asplands Medical Centre, Wood Street, Woburn Sands, Beds MK17 8QP
Cranfield Surgery, 137 High Street, Cranfield, Beds MK43 0HZ
Woburn Surgery, Eleanor Close, Woburn, Beds MK17 9QU
Child Development Centre, Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7EB
Arlesey Health Centre, High Street, Arlesey, Beds SG15 6SN
Sisters House, 24 St. Peters Street, Bedford MK40 2NN
Elizabeth Court, Gravely Road, Stevenage SG1 4YS
Victoria Court, Gravely Road, Stevenage SG1 4YS
110 Rossfold Road, Luton LU3 3IJ
Bury Park House, 64 Westbourne Road, Luton, Beds LU4 8JD
Collingdon Centre, 33-“37 Collingdon Street, Luton LU1 1RT
Conifers, 10 Newbury Lane, Silsoe, Beds MK45 4ET
Poynters House, Poynters Road, Dunstable LU5 4TP
The Lodge, 4 George Street, Luton LU1 2BJ
Titan Court, Unit 16, Laport Way, Kingsway, Luton LU4 5EF
Washbrook House, 50 Washbrook Close, Barton-le-Clay, Beds MK45 4LF
Woodlands, Leamington Road, Barton Hills, Luton LU3 3XF
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes on 1st April 1999 the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust ("the new trust"), an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also provides for the functions of the new trust (article 3). It specifies the number of executive and non-executive directors of the new trust (article 4), its operational date (the date on which the new trust assumes all its functions) and its accounting date (article 5), and the value above which assets cannot be disposed of without the Secretary of State's consent (article 6).
The new trust replaces the Bedford and Shires Health and Care and the South Bedfordshire Community Health Care National Health Service Trusts, and this Order should be read in conjunction with the Bedford and Shires Health and Care and the South Bedfordshire Community Health Care National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999(5).
1990 c. 19; paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 is cited for the definition of "an order".
Section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17); see S.I. 1996/653.
See section 5(6) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).
1977 c. 49; section 5 was amended by and section 5(1A) inserted by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 10(1); Schedule 1 was amended by the Education Act 1980 (c. 20), Schedule 1, and the Health and Medicines Act 1988, Schedule 2, paragraph 7.
S.I. 1999/894.