Area health authority

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Ninety area health authorities were established in England by the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 in 1974.[1] See List of NHS Regional Health Authorities (pre-1996).

Membership of area health authorities:

  • Chairman - appointed by the Secretary of State
  • Fifteen members; sixteen in teaching areas.
  • Four members representative of local authorities
  • Others appointed by the regional health authority after consultation with universities associated with the region, bodies representative of the professions and any federation of workers' organisations.[2]

References

  1. ^ Webster, Charles (1996). The Health Services Since the War. HMSO. p. 538. ISBN 0 11 630963 6.
  2. ^ Rivett, Geoffrey. "1968-1977 - Rethinking the National Health Service". National Health Service History. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

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