Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Mental Health Services of Salford National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

(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(5);

“dissolution 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 Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Establishment and name of trust

2.  There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health 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, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service at or from—

(a)the site of the former Prestwich Hospital, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL;

(b)Hope Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD;

(c)Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 OJR;

(d)Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 3BL,

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

Directors of trust

4.—(1) The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 6 non-executive directors.

(2) Since the trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment within the meaning of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act, one of the non-executive directors shall be appointed from Manchester University.

Operational date and accounting date of the trust

5.—(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 2003.

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

Dissolution of NHS trust

6.  On the dissolution date the Mental Health Services of Salford National Health Service Trust which was established by the Mental Health Services of Salford National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993(6) is dissolved, and accordingly its Establishment Order is revoked.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health National Health Service Trust as an NHS trust (“the new trust”), under the terms set out in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

This Order also dissolves on 1st April 2003 the Mental Health Services of Salford National Health Service Trust whose functions will be carried out by the new trust.

The Order provides for the functions of the new trust (article 3) and the number of executive and non-executive directors (article 4). It specifies the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions), and the accounting date of the trust (article 5).

This Order does not impose a charge on businesses.