This document establishes the legal framework for the creation of the Epsom Health Care National Health Service Trust within the United Kingdom's public health system. The text serves as a formal statutory instrument issued by the Secretary of State for Health, outlining the administrative transition of health services in the Epsom area. It provides the legal authority necessary for the trust to operate as an independent entity under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

This document is a primary source used by legal researchers and historians studying the restructuring of the British National Health Service in the early 1990s. Experts note that the text is written in highly technical, formal legal prose typical of statutory instruments from this period.