This is a list of district health authorities in England and Wales which existed from 1982 to 1996 when they were replaced by health authorities. District health authorities took on the functions of area health authorities when the latter were abolished in 1982.
Authorities in Northern Region District authorities created 1982 Sixteen district health authorities were formed in the Northern Region in 1982, replacing nine area health authorities:
AHA 1974–82 District Health Authority 1982 Local Government Areas Changes Cleveland Hartlepool Hartlepool Cleveland North Tees Stockton-on-Tees Cleveland South Tees Langbaurgh and Middlesbrough Cumbria East Cumbria Carlisle, Eden, part of Allerdale (Keswick and Wigton areas) Cumbria South Cumbria Barrow-in-Furness (borough) and South Lakeland Cumbria West Cumbria Copeland, part of Allerdale (Cockermouth, Maryport and Workington areas) Durham Darlington Darlington and Teesdale Part of South Durham District 1992 Durham Durham Chester-le-Street, Durham, and Easington Part of North Durham District 1992 Durham North West Durham Derwentside Part of North Durham District 1992 Durham South West Durham Sedgefield and Wear Valley Part of South Durham District 1992 Gateshead Gateshead Gateshead (Same area as AHA) Newcastle Newcastle Newcastle (Same area as AHA) Northumberland Northumberland County of Northumberland (Same area as AHA) North Tyneside North Tyneside North Tyneside (Same area as AHA) South Tyneside South Tyneside South Tyneside (Same area as AHA) Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland (Same area as AHA)
1992–1994 Reorganisation in 1992 led to a reduction in the number of districts to fourteen:
District Health Authority County Area East Cumbria Cumbria Unchanged Gateshead Tyne and Wear Unchanged Hartlepool Cleveland Unchanged Newcastle Tyne and Wear Unchanged Northumberland Northumberland Unchanged North Durham County Durham Districts of Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham and Easington North Tees Cleveland Unchanged North Tyneside Tyne and Wear Unchanged South Cumbria Cumbria Unchanged South Durham County Durham Districts of Darlington, Sedgefield, Teesdale, and Wear Valley South Tees Cleveland Unchanged South Tyneside Tyne and Wear Unchanged Sunderland Tyne and Wear Unchanged West Cumbria Cumbria Unchanged
1994–1996 In 1994 the Northern region became part of the larger Northern and Yorkshire Region, and there were further amalgamations of districts:
North Cumbria District formed from East Cumbria and West Cumbria South of Tyne District was formed from Gateshead and South Tyneside Tees District formed from Hartlepool, North Tees and South Tees Morecambe Bay District formed in (North Western Region) from South Cumbria and Lancaster
Authorities in Yorkshire Region
District Authorities created 1982 Seventeen district health authorities were formed in the Yorkshire Region in 1982, replacing seven Area Health Authorities:
AHA 1974–82 District Health Authority 1982 Local Government Areas Changes Bradford, North Yorkshire Airedale Craven, part of Bradford (Keighley, Ilkley and Worth Valley areas) Abolished 1992 - part to Bradford, remainder (Craven District) to North Yorkshire Bradford BradfordPart of Bradford (Baildon, Bingley, Clayton, Denholme, Eccleshill, Idle, Queensbury and Shipley areas) Gained part of abolished Airedale 1992 Calderdale Calderdale Calderdale Same area as AHA Part of West Yorkshire District 1993 Humberside Beverley : renamed East Yorkshire 1982 Beverley, East Yorkshire Part of East Riding District 1993 Humberside Grimsby Great Grimsby, Cleethorpes Part of Grimsby and Scunthorpe District 1993 Humberside Hull Holderness, Kingston upon Hull Part of East Riding District 1993 Humberside Scunthorpe Boothferry, Glanford and Scunthorpe Part of Grimsby and Scunthorpe District 1993 Kirklees Dewsbury Part of Kirklees (Batley, Birstall, Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Mirfield, Spen, and Thornhill areas) Part of West Yorkshire District 1993 Kirklees Huddersfield Part of Kirklees (Almondbury, Colne Valley, Deighton, Denby Dale, Golcar, Holme Valley, Huddersfield and Kirkburton areas Part of West Yorkshire District 1993 Leeds Leeds Eastern Part of Leeds (Barwick and Kippax, Burmantofts, Chapel Allerton, Garforth and Swillington, Halton, Harehills, Hunslet, Middleton, Moortown, North, Rothwell, Roundhay, Seacroft, Wetherby, and Whinmoor areas) Part of Leeds District 1991 Leeds Leeds Western Part of Leeds (Aireborough, Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Headingley, Horsforth, Kirkstall, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Wharfedale and Wortley areas) Part of Leeds District 1991 North Yorkshire Harrogate Part of Harrogate (Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon areas) Part of North Yorkshire District 1992 North Yorkshire Northallerton Richmondshire, part of Hambleton (Bedale, Stokesley and Thirsk areas), part of Harrogate (Masham area) Part of North Yorkshire District 1992 North Yorkshire Scarborough Scarborough, part of Ryedale (Malton, Norton and Pickering areas) Part of North Yorkshire District 1992 North Yorkshire York Selby, York, part of Hambleton (Easingwold area), part of Harrogate (Ouseburn and Poppleton areas), part of Ryedale (Flaxton and Helmsley areas) Part of North Yorkshire District 1992 Wakefield Pontefract Part of Wakefield (Castleford, Featherstone, Hemsworth, Normanton, Pontefract areas) Part of Wakefield District 1993 Wakefield Wakefield Part of Wakefield (Horbury, Ossett, Stanley, Wakefield areas) Absorbed Pontefract District 1993
1991–1996 Reorganisation in 1991 to 1993 led to a reduction in the number of districts to seven:
District Health Authority County Area Bradford West Yorkshire City of Bradford East Riding Humberside The Districts of Beverley, East Yorkshire, Holderness and Kingston upon Hull Grimsby and Scunthorpe Humberside The Districts of Boothferry, Cleethorpes, Great Grimsby, Glanford and Scunthorpe Leeds West Yorkshire The City of Leeds North Yorkshire North Yorkshire Entire County Wakefield West Yorkshire The City of Wakefield West Yorkshire West Yorkshire Calderdale and Kirklees Metropolitan Boroughs
In 1994 the Yorkshire Region became part of the Yorkshire and Northern Region.
Authorities in Trent Region
District Authorities created 1982 Twelve district health authorities were formed in the Trent Region in 1982, replacing eight Area Health Authorities:
AHA 1974–82 District Health Authority 1982 Local government areas Changes Barnsley Barnsley Barnsley (same area as AHA) Derbyshire North Derbyshire Bolsover, Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire, part of High Peak (Buxton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, New Mills, Whaley Bridge areas), part of West Derbyshire (Bakewell and Matlock areas) Derbyshire Southern Derbyshire Amber Valley, Derby, Erewash, South Derbyshire, part of West Derbyshire (Ashbourne and Wirksworth areas) Doncaster Doncaster Doncaster (same area as AHA) Leicestershire Leicestershire County of Leicestershire (same area as AHA) Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire Lincoln, West Lindsey, part of East Lindsey (Mablethorpe, Skegness and Spilsby areas) Lincolnshire Southern Lincolnshire Boston, South Holland, South Kesteven, part of North Kesteven (Sleaford area), part of East Lindsey (Alford, Horncastle and Woodhall Spa areas) Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw Bassetlaw Part of North Nottinghamshire District 1992 Nottinghamshire Central Nottinghamshire Mansfield, Newark, part of Ashfield (all except Hucknall) Part of North Nottinghamshire District 1992 Nottinghamshire Nottingham Broxtowe, Gedling, Nottingham, Rushcliffe and part of Ashfield (Hucknall) Rotherham Rotherham Rotherham (same as AHA) Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield (same area as AHA)
1992–1996 Reorganisation in 1992 led to a reduction in the number of districts to eleven by the creation of North Nottinghamshire District by the amalgamation of Bassetlaw and Central Nottinghamshire Districts.
In 1994 Lincolnshire District was formed from North Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire
Authorities in East Anglia Region
District authorities created 1982 Eight district health authorities were formed in the East Anglian region in 1982, replacing three area health authorities:
AHA 1974–82 District Health Authority 1982 Local Government Areas Changes Cambridgeshire Cambridge Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, most of South Cambridgeshire (all except Caxton and Papworth areas) Cambridgeshire Huntingdon Most of Huntingdon (all except Norman Cross area), part of South Cambridgeshire (Caxton and Papworth areas) Cambridgeshire Peterborough Peterborough, part of Huntingdon (Norman Cross area), part of Fenland (Chatteris, March, North Witchford, Whittlesey areas) Part of North West Anglia District 1992 Cambridgeshire, Norfolk West Norfolk and Wisbech Part of Fenland (Wisbech), King's Lynn and West Norfolk, part of Breckland (Swaffham and Thetford rural areas) Part of North West Anglia District 1992 Norfolk, Suffolk Great Yarmouth and Waveney Great Yarmouth, Waveney, part of Broadland (3 parishes), part of South Norfolk (7 parishes) Norfolk Norwich Norwich, part of Breckland (East Dereham, Mitford & Launditch, Wayland areas), part of North Norfolk (5 parishes), most of South Norfolk (except 7 parishes) Suffolk East Suffolk Ipswich, Suffolk Coastal, Part of Babergh (Cosford, Hadleigh and Samford areas), part of Mid Suffolk (Eye, Gipping and Stowmarket areas) Part of Suffolk District 1993 Norfolk, Suffolk West Suffolk Part of Breckland (parish of Thetford), Forest Heath, St Edmundsbury, part of Babergh (Melford and Sudbury areas), part of Mid Suffolk (Hartismere and Thedwastre areas) Part of Suffolk District 1993
1993–1996 Reorganisation in 1992 and 1993 led to a reduction in the number of districts to six:
District Health Authority County Area Cambridge Cambridgeshire Unchanged Great Yarmouth and Waveney Norfolk, Suffolk Unchanged. Abolished 1994 to East Norfolk, Suffolk Districts Huntingdon Cambridgeshire Unchanged North West Anglia Cambridgeshire, Norfolk Districts of Fenland, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Peterborough; most of Breckland Norwich Norfolk Gained parish of Thetford 1993. Abolished 1994 to East Norfolk District Suffolk Suffolk Entire County except Waveney District
A further change was made in 1994 (at the same time the Region was merged with Oxford Region to form Anglia and Oxford Region): East Norfolk District formed from Norwich District and the part of Great Yarmouth and Waveney District in Norfolk. Waveney, in Suffolk, was transferred to Suffolk District.
Authorities in North West Thames Region
In 1982 the boundary of the region was adjusted when part of the City of Westminster was placed in the North East Thames Region. In 1990 the area was returned to the North West Thames Region. Also in 1982 the borough of Spelthorne, Surrey was received from the South West Thames Region, to which it returned in 1993.
District Authorities created 1982 Fourteen district health authorities were formed in the North West Thames Region in 1982, replacing seven Area Health Authorities: