ANNEX A:: OUTLINE OF THE EXISTING LAW RELATING TO THE NHS Part 2 services and PMS/PDS Care Trusts
523.Section 45 provides for the Secretary of State to designate NHS trusts or PCTs as “Care Trusts” where those trusts exercise local authority functions under “partnership arrangements” under section 31 of the Health Act (see the following section). The designation does not affect the trust’s powers and duties in relation to their NHS functions.