
1 
This Order may be cited as the Authorities for London Post-Graduate Teaching Hospitals (Constitution) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 17th September 1990.
2 
In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
 “Authority” means a special health authority continued in being under article 3 of this Order;
 “the relevant institute or medical school” in relation to an Authority means the institute or medical school specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order in relation to that Authority as specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
3 
The special health authorities specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order shall continue to be established and to be known by the names specified in that column.
4 
Each Authority shall perform on behalf of the Secretary of State—
(a) such functions relating to the management of any hospital specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 to this Order in relation to its name, or relating to services provided in connection with any such hospital, as he may direct; and
(b) such other functions as he may direct.
5 

(1) Each Authority shall have a chairman and officer and non-officer members, that is to say members who, subject to article 8 of this Order, respectively are and are not officers of the Authority.
(2) Each Authority except the Eastman Dental Hospital shall have a chairman, six non-officer members and not more than six officer members.
(3) The Eastman Dental Hospital shall have a chairman, five non-officer members and not more than five officer members.
6 
The non-officer members of an Authority shall include—
(a) a person who holds a post in the relevant institute or medical school; and
(b) a person who, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is either a medical or dental practitioner of consultant status in an activity undertaken in a hospital managed by the Authority, or can suitably represent activities of national significance undertaken at a hospital managed by the Authority but who in either case is not employed by the Authority, the relevant institute or medical school or by the University of London.
7 
The officer members of an Authority shall include—
(a) the chief officer of the Authority;
(b) the chief finance officer of the Authority;
(c) a medical practitioner or dental practitioner of consultant status;
(d) except in the case of the Eastman Dental Hospital, the chief nursing officer of the Authority.
8 
Where a person—
(a) holds a post in the relevant institute or medical school, and
(b) would also, apart from this article, be regarded as an officer of an Authority,his employment as an officer of the Authority shall not prevent him being appointed as a non-officer member of that Authority.
9 
The Authorities are specified for the purposes of paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977.
10 
The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 shall apply to each Authority.
11 
The Secretary of State may appoint any person who has been nominated by an Authority to a joint consultative committee, or a sub-committee, within the meaning of section 22 of the National Health Service Act 1977.
12 
The Orders specified in Schedule 3 to this Order are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State for Health
24th July 1990
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2

RELEVANT INSTITUTE AND MEDICAL SCHOOL

Column (1) Column (2)
Institute or Medical School Authority
Institute of Child Health The Board of Governors of the Hospitals for Sick Children
Institute of Neurology The Board of Governors of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Institute of Ophthalmology The Board of Governors of Moorfields Eye Hospital
Institute of Psychiatry The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital Health Authority
National Heart and Lung Institute The Board of Governors of the National Heart and Chest Hospital
Institute of Cancer Research The Board of Governors of the Royal Marsden Hospital
Royal Post-Graduate Medical School The Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Special Health Authority
Institute of Dental Surgery The Board of Governors of the Eastman Dental Hospital

SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


Column (1) Column (2)
Name of Authority Hospital

1 
The Board of Governors of the Hospitals for Sick Children 
1 

 The Hospital for Sick Children, London WC1.
 Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney Road, London E2.

2 
The Board of Governors of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 
2 

 The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1.
 The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Maida Vale), 4 Maida Vale, London W9.
 The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Finchley), Great North Road, East Finchley, London N2.
 The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Assessment Unit, Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, Chalfont St. Peter, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.
 The National Hospital College of Speech Sciences, Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street, London WC1.

3 
The Board of Governors of Moorfields Eye Hospital 
3 
Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, London EC1.

4 
The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital Health Authority 
4 

 The Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, Kent.
 The Maudsley Hospital, London SE5.

5 
The Board of Governors of the National Heart and Chest Hospital 
5 

 The Brompton Hospital, London SW1.
 The London Chest Hospital, London E2.

6 
The Board of Governors of the Royal Marsden Hospital 
6 

 The Royal Marsden Hospital (London), London SW3.
 The Royal Marsden Hospital (Surrey), Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey.

7 
The Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Special Health Authority 
7 

 Hammersmith Hospital, London W12.
 Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London W6.
 Acton Hospital, London W3.

8 
The Board of Governors of the Eastman Dental Hospital 
8 
The Eastman Dental Hospital, London WC1.
SCHEDULE 3
Article 12


Column (1) Column (2)
Orders Revoked References
The Authorities for London Post-Graduate Teaching Hospitals (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1982 S.I.1982/314
The Board of Governors of the Eastman Dental Hospital (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1984 S.I. 1984/188
The Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Special Health Authority Order 1984 S.I. 1984/190
The Authorities for London Post-Graduate Teaching Hospitals (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 1990 S.I. 1990/833