What is District health authority?
A '''district health authority''' was a division of the [[National Health Service]] in [[England]] and [[Wales]]. It was introduced by the [[National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973]]. It was created in 1974 and disestablished in 1996. There were 205 when they were established in 1974, but some were later merged. In 1979 there were 199.<ref>{{cite book|last=Webster|first=Charles|title=The Health Services Since the War|year=1996|publisher=HMSO|isbn=0 11 630963 6|page=538}}</ref> The district health authority worked alongside a [[Family Health Services Authority]], which was responsible for managing primary care services such as general practice, pharmacy and dentistry.<ref>{{cite news|title=The changing role of health authorities|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/background_briefings/your_nhs/93713.stm|access-date=18 April 2014|newspaper=BBC News|date=20 September 1999}}</ref> The districts were reorganised on a number of occasions in the 1990s. In 1996 new single-tier [[health authority|health authorities]] replaced districts and areas and the regions were again reorganised. In 2002, Health Authorities were replaced by [[Primary Care Trust]]s. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1974 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1996 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] {{politics-stub}} [[Category:National Health Service]]