Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1244

The Cheshire and Wirral Partnership National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002

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"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[5];

"establishment date" means the date this order comes into force;

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

"the trust" means the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Establishment and name of trust
     2. There is established an NHS trust which shall be called the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership National Health Service Trust.

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, community health services, and certain community health services previously provided by the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust, the Cheshire Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust, the Mid Cheshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust, the East Cheshire National Health Service Trust and the Countess of Chester Hospital National Health Service Trust, for the purposes of the health service at or from the trust's Headquarters, at West Cheshire Hospital, Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire CH2 1YZ,

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

Directors of the trust
     4. The trust shall have in addition to the chairman 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.

Operational date and accounting date of the trust
     5.  - (1) The operational date shall be 1st April 2002.

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

Limited functions before operational date
     6. Between the establishment date and the operational date the trust shall have the functions of doing such things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out its functions with effect from the operational date, including - 

(a) entering into NHS contracts;

(b) entering into other contracts including contracts of employment.

Assistance by Health Authorities before operational date
     7. The South Cheshire Health Authority shall discharge the liabilities of the trust incurred between the establishment date and the operational date which are reasonably incurred by the trust for the purpose of enabling it to begin to carry out its functions with effect from the operational date, including - 

(a) liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and non-executive directors of the trust;

(b) liability for the travelling or other allowances of the members of committees and sub-committees of the trust who are not also directors of the trust;

(c) liability for the remuneration of persons employed by the trust.

Dissolution of NHS trusts
     8. The Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust established by the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1997 is dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked[6].



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health


Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health

13th March 2002

[2] 1990 c.19; section 5 was amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17), Schedule 1, paragraph 69(d) and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8) section 13; paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 is cited for the definition of "an order"; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act was amended by the Health Act 1999 section 13(7).back

[3] See paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act.back

[4] See S.I. 1996/653.back

[5] 1977 c.49; section 5(1) was amended by, and section 5(1A) was inserted by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), section 10(1); Schedule 1 was amended by the Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40), paragraph 21 of Schedule 12, the Health and Medicines Act 1988, Schedule 2, paragraph 7 and the Education Act 1996 (c. 56), schedule 37, paragraph 46.back

[6] S.I. 1997/833.back