coventry became part of west midlands in 1974.
when did coventry become part of west midlands?
1974
from 1947 to 1974 nhs services in the west midlands were managed by the birmingham regional hospital board. in 1974 the boards were abolished and replaced by regional health authorities. the west midlands still came under the birmingham rha. regions were reorganised in 1996 and the area came under the west midlands regional health authority. from 1974 there were 6 area health authorities covering north, south, east, west and central birmingham, together with authorities covering dudley, sandwell, coventry, solihull, walsall and wolverhampton. there were seven district authorities, one covering each borough. in 1992-4 birmingham was reorganised into north and south districts. 13 primary care trusts were established in the county in 2002: coventry teaching pct, eastern birmingham pct, north birmingham pct, heart of birmingham teaching pct, solihull care trust, south birmingham pct, dudley beacon & castle pct and dudley south pct, oldbury & smethwick pct, rowley regis & tipton pct and wednesbury & west bromwich pct, walsall teaching pct and wolverhampton city pct. they were merged into 9 in 2006. they were managed by the birmingham and the black country strategic health authority (apart from coventry, which was under west midlands south). from 2006 they were all managed by nhs west midlands.
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west midlands may refer to:





























section::::places.





























bullet::::- west midlands (region), a region in the united kingdom





























bullet::::- west midlands (county), the metropolitan county in the west midlands region





























bullet::::- west midlands conurbation, the large conurbation in the west midlands region





























section::::public sector.





























bullet::::- west midlands (european parliament constituency), the constituency of the european parliament corresponding to the west midlands region





























bullet::::- west midlands police





























bullet::::- west midlands regiment, the british territorial army regiment





























section::::other uses.





























bullet::::- bbc west midlands, a local bbc region





























bullet::::- west midlands (regional) league, a regional association football league in the united kingdom
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