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Health Action Zone (HAZ)
Health Action Zones (HAZs) are public/private partnerships which have been established in 26 of the most deprived areas of England. Their aim is to tackle health inequalities and modernise services. HAZs have a variety of geographic constitutions, varying from single local authority areas through to groups of several local authorities.
As well as the 26 English HAZs, there are 4 Northern Irish HAZs, which are not all based on complete local authorities.
In addition there are 10 Associated HAZs in England, which have a more limited remit and less funding. These are also not all based on complete local authorities.
Department of Health website

Health and Social Services Board (HSSB)
The 4 Health and Social Services Boards (HSSBs) are responsible for local health and social services in Northern Ireland. They report to the Northern Ireland Executive and are built from groups of district council areas.
Further health geography information, including maps and lists of area names and codes.

Health Authority (HA)
Health Authorities (HAs) were the intermediate level of health administration in England prior to the NHS restructuring in April 2002. There were 95 HAs at the time of abolition, reporting to the 8 NHS Regional Offices. They generally covered groups of one or more complete local authorities, but there were cases where local authorities were split.
In addition there were 5 HAs in Wales, reporting to the National Assembly. The HAs were built from groups of unitary authorities, each of which had its own Local Health Group (LHG). These HAs and LHGs were abolished when the Welsh NHS was restructured in April 2003.
Further health geography information, including maps and lists of area names and codes.

Health Board (HB)
The 14 Health Boards (HBs) are responsible for local health care in Scotland. They report to the Scottish Executive and are based on groups of the local government districts that existed before the introduction of council areas in 1996. This means that although most HBs cover one or more complete council areas, there are cases where council areas are split. There were originally 15 HBs but in April 2006 the Argyll & Clyde HB was abolished and the area absorbed by two existing HBs (Greater Glasgow & Clyde HB and Highland HB).
Further health geography information, including maps and lists of area names and codes.

This page last revised: Thursday, 17 August 2006