The districts were a third-tier below the regional health authority and the area health authority (which generally corresponded to non-metropolitan counties, metropolitan boroughs or groups of London boroughs) and the district management teams that ran the hospitals on a day-to-day basis.
The districts were at a third-tier below the regional health authority and the area health authority (which typically matched non-metropolitan counties, metropolitan boroughs or groups of London boroughs) and the district management teams that managed hospitals on an everyday basis.