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Strategic health authorities (SHA) were part of the structure of the National Health Service in England between 2002 and 2013. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Each SHA was responsible for managing performance, enacting directives and implementing health policy as required by the Department of Health at a regional level.
In 2002, the HAs were abolished by the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002. Their functions were mostly taken up by 300 PCTs, and 28 strategic health authorities (SHAs) were established (which were reduced in number to 10 in 2006). [4] [5]
In October 2006, all primary care trusts (PCTs) outside the London area were restructured. This reduced the number of PCTs from 303 to 152. [1] At the same time, the number of strategic health authorities (SHAs) (which have responsibility for the PCTs) were also decreased (from 28 to 10).
NHS London (or "London Strategic Health Authority") was a strategic health authority of the National Health Service in England. It operated in the London region, which is coterminous with the local government office region. The authority closed as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 on 31 March 2013.
NHS North West was a strategic health authority (SHA) of the National Health Service in England.It operated in the North West region, which is coterminous with the local government office region.
NHS South East Coast was a strategic health authority of the National Health Service in England. It operated in the South East region, along with NHS South Central, providing coterminosity with the local government office region.
The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 required the Secretary of State for Health to establish strategic health authorities (SHAs) and primary care trusts (PCTs) to cover all areas in England and abolished the 95 health authorities which has been created under the Health Authorities Act 1995, [3] moving most of ...
NHS West Midlands (also known as West Midlands Strategic Health Authority) was created in July 2006, following the merger of Birmingham and The Black Country, Shropshire and Staffordshire, and West Midlands South SHAs. It covered an area of approximately 5,000 square miles (13,000 km 2) with a population of approximately 5.4 million.