(1) This Order may be cited as the South Essex Mental Health and Community Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2004 and shall come into force on 15th November 2004.
(2) In this Order, “the Establishment Order” means the South Essex Mental Health and Community Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000.
Specified date: 15 November 2004: see para (1) above.
Article 3(2) of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) shall be replaced by the following—
“(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.”.
Specified date: 15 November 2004: see art 1(1).
In article 4 of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust) “5 non-executive directors” shall be replaced by “7 non-executive directors”.
Specified date: 15 November 2004: see art 1(1).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Hutton
Minister of Health,
Department of Health
3rd November 2004
This Order amends the South Essex Mental Health and Community Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000, which established the South Essex Mental Health and Community Care National Health Service Trust. The name of the trust was changed to the South Essex Partnership National Health Service Trust by the South Essex Mental Health and Community Care National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2002.
Article 2 of the Order amends the nature and functions of the trust and removes the references to the establishments from which the trust carries out its functions. Article 3 of the Order increases the number of non-executive directors of the trust from 5 to 7.
