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Dr. Vaughan
I am pleased to be able to announce that my right hon. Friend has made decision on the recommendations of Trent regional health authority and on those parts of South-West Thames, North-West Thames462W
and North-East Thames not affected by the recommendations of the London advisory group. Subject to the necessary orders being made in due course, the following district health authorities will be established and will come into being on 1 April 1982. To allow time for final consultation, decisions on the remainder of the Thames regions and on South-Western region will be announced shortly.
| Trent Regional Health Authority |
Resident Population |
| North Derbyshire |
355,000 |
| Southern Derbyshire |
515,000 |
| Leicestershire |
836,000 |
| North Lincolnshire |
261,000 |
| South Lincolnshire |
273,000 |
| Bassetlaw |
99,000 |
| Central Nottinghamshire |
276,000 |
| Nottingham |
600,000 |
| Barnsley |
222,000 |
| Doncaster |
287,000 |
| Rotherham |
249,000 |
| Sheffield |
544,000 |
As a result of the changes the present eight area authorities and 14 districts will be reduced to 12 new district authorities. Both Leicestershire and Nottingham are large authorities, but we are confident that they can be managed in accordance with the policy set out in HC(80)8.
| South West Thames Region |
Resident Population |
| Chichester |
163,000 |
| Cuckfield and Crawley |
250,000 |
| Worthing |
231,000 |
| Croydon |
321,000 |
| West Surrey and North East Hampshire |
267,000 |
| South West Surrey |
173,000 |
| East Surrey |
185,000 |
| North West Thames Region |
Resident Population |
| North Bedfordshire |
233,000 |
| South Bedfordshire |
266,000 |
| North Hertfordshire |
178,000 |
| East Hertfordshire |
278,000 |
| North West Hertfordshire |
253,000 |
| South West Hertfordshire |
242,000 |
| Barnet |
290,000 |
| Harrow |
197,000 |
| Brent |
252,000 |
| Hillingdon |
229,000 |
| North East Thames Region |
Resident Population |
| Basildon and Thurrock |
271,000 |
| Mid Essex |
253,000 |
| North East Essex |
274,000 |
| West Essex (excluding any part of East Hertfordshire) |
250,000 |
| Southend |
312,000 |
| Barking, Havering and Brentwood (coterminous with the London Boroughs of Barking, Dagenham and Havering and the County District of Brentwood) |
466,000 |
| Redbridge |
229,000 |
| Waltham Forest |
218,000 |
| Enfield (excluding the Hertfordshire County District of Broxbourne) |
261,000 |
| Haringey |
224,000 |