
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 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—
(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;
(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
SCHEDULE 1
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

SCHEDULE 2
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
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4
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SCHEDULE 1
Article 3
PART 1

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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”