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This Order may be cited as the Wigan and Leigh Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 24th August 1999.
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For article 3 of the Wigan and Leigh Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 there shall be substituted the following article–“
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(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions shall be to provide and manage hospitals, establishments and facilities in the area of Wigan and Bolton Health Authority, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.”.
Frank Dobson
Secretary of State for Health
12th August 1999