This document establishes the legal framework and administrative status of the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital as an independent National Health Service Trust. The order, issued by the Secretary of State for Health under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, defines the hospital's operational mandate, the composition of its board, and its transition into a self-governing entity within the British public health system.

Legal scholars and administrative historians view this order as a primary source document for understanding the structural decentralization of the UK National Health Service in the early 1990s. It is utilized primarily by researchers tracking the evolution of NHS trust governance and public sector reform.