Corporate Derbyshire; Derby Area No 2 Hospital Management Committee; 1948-1966; health authority DS/UK/4086 Derby Area No 2 Hospital Management Committee National Health Service: Sheffield Regional Hospital Board 1948-1966 health authority Derbyshire Derbyshire

When the National Health service was established in 1948 hospital services in Derbyshire came under the auspices of the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board. This Board covered the administrative counties of West Yorkshire, Derby (except that part included in the Manchester Regional Hospital Area), Leicester, parts of Lincoln, Nottingham and Rutland. Below the Regional Hospital Board there were Hospital Management Committees. In Derbyshire there were initially five, viz: - Chesterfield Hospital Management Committee - Derby No. 1 Hospital Management Committee - Derby No. 2 Hospital Management Committee - Derby No. 3 Hospital Management Committee - Derby No. 4 Hospital Management Committee Derby No. 2 Hospital Management Committee was responsible for the following hospitals: - Ripley & District Cottage - Victoria Memorial Cottage - Whitworth, Darley Dale - Babington, Belper Smedley Memorial - Parwich - Wirksworth Maternity - Ridgeway - Draycott - Derwent This group was disbanded in 1966 and all the hospitals (except Victoria Memorial Cottage, Whitworth, Smedley Memorial and Ridgeway) were transferred to the No 1 Committee. The remaining four hospitals were transferred to the Chesterfield Committee. In 1974 with the Reorganisation of the Health Service Act all Hospital Management Committees were disbanded, and hospital services in the county were coordinated by the Derbyshire Area Health Authority, divided into three districts. Yes International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 30/11/2021 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 20/04/2023 5f7029df-083a-4c84-85c0-e66c9cae6c8c