This document establishes the legal framework for the creation of the Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust as an independent entity within the United Kingdom's public health system. The order, issued by the Secretary of State for Health under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, defines the statutory basis for the trust's formation, its operational scope, and the governance structure required to manage hospital facilities in the Bradford area.

Legal professionals and historians of the British National Health Service utilize this document as a primary source for understanding the structural reorganization of the NHS during the early 1990s. The text is highly technical and serves as a foundational administrative record for the establishment of regional hospital trusts.