List of district health authorities in England and Wales
District Health Authority County Area
Bradford West Yorkshire City of Bradford
East Riding Humberside The Districts of Beverley , East Yorkshire , Holderness and Kingston upon Hull
Grimsby and Scunthorpe Humberside The Districts of Boothferry , Cleethorpes , Great Grimsby , Glanford and Scunthorpe
Leeds West Yorkshire The City of Leeds
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire Entire County
Wakefield West Yorkshire The City of Wakefield
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire Calderdale and Kirklees Metropolitan Boroughs
Authorities in Yorkshire Region -- 1991–1996
Reorganisation in 1991 to 1993 led to a reduction in the number of districts to seven :
A district health authority was an administrative unit of the National Health Service in England and Wales from 1982 to 2000. Both the configuration and the responsibilities were altered several times during that period. Area Health Authorities, which existed from 1974 to 1982, were an intermediate tier created by the 1974 reorganisation. The most common complaint in evidence about the reorganisation of the NHS made to the Royal Commission on the National Health Service was that it added an extra and unnecessary tier of management.