Annual data for primary care trusts (PCTs) from 2001 to 2003 existing in England in this period have been provided in a table that has been placed in the Library.
The information requested from 2001 to 2005 for eight of 10 strategic health authorities (SHAs) is provided in the following table.
Number SHA 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 London 2,717 2,986 3,049 3,129 3,479 West Midlands 713 807 810 912 937 North West 652 649 592 588 757 East Midlands 570 489 475 443 556 Yorkshire and the Humber 563 514 547 544 579 East of England 328 352 328 395 483 North East 185 155 147 149 134 Notes: i. Annual data for 2006 will not be available until 2007 ii. HPA regions are fully co-terminous with the Government Office regions, and are also co-terminous with SHAs, with the exception of the HPA South East region which covers both NHS South Central and NHS South East Coast SHAs. Aggregated data for NHS South Central and NHS South East Coast SHAs are available from the HPA website at: www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/tb/epidemiology/tablel5.htm iii. Wales does not have SHAs. iv. Aggregated data for Wales are available on the HPA website at: www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/tb/epidemiology/tablel5.htm Source: Health Protection Agency (HPA) enhanced tuberculosis surveillance regional data.