from 1947 to 1974 nhs services in northamptonshire were managed by the oxford regional hospital board. in 1974 the boards were abolished and replaced by regional health authorities. northamptonshire came under the oxford rha. regions were reorganised in 1996 and northamptonshire came under the anglia and oxford regional health authority. from 1974 there was one area health authority covering the county. from 1982 there were two district authorities, kettering and northampton, but they were merged in 1993. three primary care trusts were established in the county in 2002: daventry and south northamptonshire pct, northampton teaching pct and northamptonshire heartlands pct. they were merged into northamptonshire teaching pct in 2006. they were managed by the leicestershire, northamptonshire and rutland sha strategic health authority which was merged into nhs east midlands in 2006.