National Health Service (DETERMINATION OF REGIONAL HOSPITAL AREAS) ORDER, 1946, Dated December 18, 1946, Made by the MINISTER OF HEALTH UNDER SECTION II OF THE National Health Service ACT, 1946 (9 & 10 GEO. 6. c. 81).
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1946/2158 |
| Year | 1946 |
1946 No. 2158
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
4. Hospital and Specialist Services
Travelling allowances, &c., see S.R. & O. 1947 No. 1330, noted p. 504 above.
(1) Regional Hospital Areas and Boards
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (DETERMINATION OF REGIONAL HOSPITAL AREAS) ORDER, 1946, DATED DECEMBER 18, 1946, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH UNDER SECTION II OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1946 (9 & 10 GEO. 6. c. 81).106052.
Whereas by section II of the National Health Service Act, 1946, it is provided that the Minister of Health (hereinafter called "the Minister") may by order determine the areas for which Regional Hospital Boards shall be constituted for the exercise of functions with respect to the administration of hospital and specialist services and that before making any order determining such an area the Minister shall consult with such bodies and organisations as appear to him to be concerned:
Now, therefore, the Minister, in exercise of his powers under the said Act, and after consulting with such bodies and organisations as appear to him to be concerned, hereby orders as follows:—
1. This order may be cited as the National Health Service (Determination of Regional Hospital Areas) Order, 1946, and shall come into operation on the date hereof.
2. Each of the areas set out in the schedule to this order and numbered respectively 1 to 14 shall be an area for which a Regional Hospital Board shall be constituted for the purpose of exercising functions with respect to the administration of hospital and specialist services under the said Act in that area, and each such area shall be known by the title set out in the second column of the said schedule opposite the description of the area.
SCHEDULE
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Number Title of Area Description of Area
of Area
1 The Newcastle The administrative counties of Cumber-
Regional land, Durham and Northumberland
Hospital Area. The county boroughs of Carlisle, Darling-
ton, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, South Shields
Sunderland, Tynemouth and West
Hartlepool
So much of the administrative county
of Westmorland as comprises the
borough of Appleby and the rural
district of North Westmorland. So
much of the administrative county
of the North Riding of York as com-
prises the boroughs of Redcar, Rich-
mond and Thornaby-on-Tees; the
urban districts of Eston, Guisborough
Loftus, Northallerton, Saltburn and
Marske-by-the-Sea, and Skelton and
Brotton; and the rural districts of
Croft, Northallerton,...To continue reading
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