Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
10th March 1994
Laid before Parliament
10th March 1994
Coming into force
1st April 1994
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 8(1)(b) and (1A)(c) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.
2. The District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby abolished.
3. For each of the districts determined by the National Health Service (Determination of Districts) Order 1994(2) and specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order there is established a District Health Authority which shall be known by the name specified in column (2) of that Schedule in relation to that district.
4. In the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990(3)—
(a)in article 3(2) (continuation of Authorities in England) for the words from “14 Parts” to “1981”there shall be subsituted the words “8 Parts”, each numbered Part corresponding with the number of a region specified in Schedule 3 to the National Health Service (Determination of Regions) Order 1994(4);
(b)for Schedule 1 (District Health Authorities in England) there shall be substituted the new Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Tom Sackville
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
10th March 1994
Article 2
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Health Authority
Bath Health Authority
Bexley Health Authority
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Authority
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Health Authority
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Health Authority
Bury Health Authority
Canterbury and Thanet Health Authority
Central Manchester Health Authority
Chorley and South Ribble Health Authority
Dartford and Gravesham Health Authority
East Birmingham Health Authority
East Cumbria Health Authority
Gateshead Health Authority
Great Yarmouth and Waveney Health Authority
Greenwich Health Authority
Hartlepool Health Authority
Kettering Health Authority
Lancaster Health Authority
Maidstone Health Authority
Medway Health Authority
Merton and Sutton Health Authority
Mid Staffordshire Health Authority
Northampton Health Authority
North Bedfordshire Health Authority
North Birmingham Health Authority
North Lincolnshire Health Authority
North Manchester Health Authority
North Tees Health Authority
Norwich Health Authority
Oldham Health Authority
Preston Health Authority
Rochdale Health Authority
Salford Health Authority
Salisbury Health Authority
South Bedfordshire Health Authority
South Cumbria Health Authority
South East Kent Health Authority
South East Staffordshire Health Authority
South Lincolnshire Health Authority
South Manchester Health Authority
South Tees Health Authority
South Tyneside Health Authority
Suffolk Health Authority
Swindon Health Authority
Tameside and Glossop Health Authority
Trafford Health Authority
Tunbridge Wells Health Authority
Wandsworth Health Authority
West Birmingham Health Authority
West Cumbria Health Authority
West Lancashire Health Authority
Winchester Health Authority
Article 3
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire Health Authority |
| Bexley and Greenwich | Bexley and Greenwich Health Authority |
| Bury and Rochdale | Bury and Rochdale Health Authority |
| East Kent | East Kent Health Authority |
| East Lancashire | East Lancashire Health Authority |
| East Norfolk | East Norfolk Health Authority |
| Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire Health Authority |
| Manchester | Manchester Health Authority |
| Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth | Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority |
| Morecambe Bay | Morecambe Bay Health Authority |
| Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire Health Authority |
| North Birmingham | North Birmingham Health Authority |
| North Cumbria | North Cumbria Health Authority |
| North and Mid Hampshire | North and Mid Hampshire Health Authority |
| North West Lancashire | North West Lancashire Health Authority |
| Salford and Trafford | Salford and Trafford Health Authority |
| South Lancashire | South Lancashire Health Authority |
| South of Tyne | South of Tyne Health Authority |
| South Staffordshire | South Staffordshire Health Authority |
| Suffolk | Suffolk Health Authority |
| Tees | Tees Health Authority |
| West Kent | West Kent Health Authority |
| West Pennine | West Pennine Health Authority |
| Wiltshire and Bath | Wiltshire and Bath Health Authority |
Article 4
Article 3
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Bradford | Bradford Health Authority |
| East Riding | East Riding Health Authority |
| Grimsby and Scunthorpe | Grimsby and Scunthorpe Health Authority |
| Leeds | Leeds Health Authority |
| Newcastle | Newcastle Health Authority |
| Northumberland | Northumberland Health Authority |
| North Cumbria | North Cumbria Health Authority |
| North Durham | North Durham Health Authority |
| North Tyneside | North Tyneside Health Authority |
| North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire Health Authority |
| South Durham | South Durham Health Authority |
| South of Tyne | South of Tyne Health Authority |
| Sunderland | Sunderland Health Authority |
| Tees | Tees Health Authority |
| Wakefield | Wakefield Health Authority |
| West Yorkshire | West Yorkshire Health Authority |
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Barnsley | Barnsley Health Authority |
| Doncaster | Doncaster Health Authority |
| Leicestershire | Leicestershire Health Authority |
| Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire Health Authority |
| North Derbyshire | North Derbyshire Health Authority |
| North Nottinghamshire | North Nottinghamshire Health Authority |
| Nottingham | Nottingham Health Authority |
| Rotherham | Rotherham Health Authority |
| Sheffield | Sheffield Health Authority |
| Southern Derbyshire | Southern Derbyshire Health Authority |
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire Health Authority |
| Berkshire | Berkshire Health Authority |
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Health Authority |
| Cambridge | Cambridge Health Authority |
| East Norfolk | East Norfolk Health Authority |
| Huntingdon | Huntingdon Health Authority |
| Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire Health Authority |
| North West Anglia | North West Anglia Health Authority |
| Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire Health Authority |
| Suffolk | Suffolk Health Authority |
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Barking and Havering | Barking and Havering Health Authority |
| Barnet | Barnet Health Authority |
| Brent and Harrow | Brent and Harrow Health Authority |
| Camden and Islington | Camden and Islington Health Authority |
| Ealing Hammersmith and Hounslow | Ealing Hammersmith and Hounslow Health Authority |
| East London and The City | East London and The City Health Authority |
| East and North Hertfordshire | East and North Hertfordshire Health Authority |
| Hillingdon | Hillingdon Health Authority |
| Kensington Chelsea and Westminster | Kensington Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority |
| New River | New River Health Authority |
| North Essex | North Essex Health Authority |
| North West Hertfordshire | North West Hertfordshire Health Authority |
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority |
| South Essex | South Essex Health Authority |
| South West Hertfordshire | South West Hertfordshire Health Authority |
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Bexley and Greenwich | Bexley and Greenwich Health Authority |
| Bromley | Bromley Health Authority |
| Chichester | Chichester Health Authority |
| Croydon | Croydon Health Authority |
| East Kent | East Kent Health Authority |
| East Surrey | East Surrey Health Authority |
| East Sussex | East Sussex Health Authority |
| Kingston and Richmond | Kingston and Richmond Health Authority |
| Merton Sutton and Wandsworth | Merton Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority |
| Mid Downs | Mid Downs Health Authority |
| Mid Surrey | Mid Surrey Health Authority |
| North West Surrey | North West Surrey Health Authority |
| South East London | South East London Health Authority |
| South West Surrey | South West Surrey Health Authority |
| West Kent | West Kent Health Authority |
| Worthing | Worthing District Health Authority |
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Bristol | Bristol and District Health Authority |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority |
| Dorset | Dorset Health Authority |
| Exeter and North Devon | Exeter and North Devon Health Authority |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire Health Authority |
| Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight Health Authority |
| North and Mid Hampshire | North and Mid Hampshire Health Authority |
| Plymouth and Torbay | Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority |
| Portsmouth and South East Hampshire | Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority |
| Somerset | Somerset Health Authority |
| Southampton and South West Hampshire | Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority |
| Wiltshire and Bath | Wiltshire and Bath Health Authority |
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Coventry | Coventry Health Authority |
| Dudley | Dudley Health Authority |
| Herefordshire | Herefordshire Health Authority |
| North Birmingham | North Birmingham Health Authority |
| North Staffordshire | North Staffordshire Health Authority |
| North Worcestershire | North Worcestershire Health Authority |
| Sandwell | Sandwell Health Authority |
| Shropshire | Shropshire Health Authority |
| Solihull | Solihull Health Authority |
| South Birmingham | South Birmingham Health Authority |
| South Staffordshire | South Staffordshire Health Authority |
| Walsall | Walsall Health Authority |
| Warwickshire | Warwickshire Health Authority |
| Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton Health Authority |
| Worcester | Worcester and District Health Authority |
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of district | Name of health authority |
| Bolton | Bolton Health Authority |
| Bury and Rochdale | Bury and Rochdale Health Authority |
| Chester | Chester Health Authority |
| East Lancashire | East Lancashire Health Authority |
| Liverpool | Liverpool Health Authority |
| Manchester | Manchester Health Authority |
| Morecambe Bay | Morecambe Bay Health Authority |
| North Cheshire | North Cheshire Health Authority |
| North West Lancashire | North West Lancashire Health Authority |
| Salford and Trafford | Salford and Trafford Health Authority |
| Sefton | Sefton Health Authority |
| South and East Cheshire | South and East Cheshire Health Authority |
| South Lancashire | South Lancashire Health Authority |
| St Helens and Knowsley | St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority |
| Stockport | Stockport Health Authority |
| West Pennine | West Pennine Health Authority |
| Wigan | Wigan Health Authority |
| Wirral | Wirral Health Authority” |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order abolishes on 1st April 1994 the District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 1 (article 2), and establishes the new District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 2 in relation to the districts for which they are established (article 3).
This Order substitutes a new Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990 which lists all the District Health Authorities in England (article 4 and Schedule 3).
1977 c. 49; section 8 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 1(7) and Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 28, and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 1(1).
S.I. 1994/681.
S.I. 1994/683.