The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 680

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1994

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:

Citation and commencement

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.

Abolition of Authorities

2.  The District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby abolished.

Establishment and names of new Authorities

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.

Amendment of the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990

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

SCHEDULE 1 DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES ABOLISHED

• 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

SCHEDULE 2 NEWLY ESTABLISHED DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES

(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

SCHEDULE 3 NEW SCHEDULE 1 TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 1 TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES) ORDER 1990

Article 3

“SCHEDULE 1 DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND

PART 1 AUTHORITIES IN NORTHERN AND YORKSHIRE REGION

(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

PART 2 AUTHORITIES IN TRENT REGION

(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

PART 3 AUTHORITIES IN ANGLIA AND OXFORD REGION

(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

PART 4 AUTHORITIES IN NORTH THAMES REGION

(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

PART 5 AUTHORITIES IN SOUTH THAMES REGION

(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

PART 6 AUTHORITIES IN SOUTH AND WEST REGION

(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

PART 7 AUTHORITIES IN WEST MIDLANDS REGION

(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

PART 8 AUTHORITIES IN NORTH WEST REGION

(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”

Explanatory Note

(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).

(1)

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).

(2)

S.I. 1994/681.

(3)

S.I. 1990/1756, as amended by S.I. 1991/325, 2040, 1992/119, 366, 2164, 2752, 1993/572 and 2218.

(4)

S.I. 1994/683.