201 (Northern) Field Hospital (United Kingdom)

The 201st (Northern) Field Hospital is a reserve military hospital of the British Army's Royal Army Medical Corps that supports the regular field hospitals.

History
In 1967 the Territorial Army which had existed since 1908, then as the Territorial Force, was re-organised during their first major reform as a result of the 1966 Defence White Paper. This paper set out the government's plan to reduce the budget yet keep it above their 7% commitment, therefore reduced the size of all the armed forces' personnel. One of the plans of this new paper was to completely disband the territorial army and reform it as a better organised, better equipped, and better trained reserve force consisting of three elements divided into two major branches. The two major branches were the Territorials (those units mostly reduced to the size of a cadre providing home defence) and the Volunteers (those with NATO commitments or BAOR support roles). Within the Volunteers, there were two branches, known as TAVR I and II. Following this formation, the 201st (Northern) General Hospital was formed following the amalgamation of the 1st (Northern) General Hospital and the 149th (Northumbrian) Field Ambulance. Following their formation the regiment had the following structure;


 * Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
 * A Squadron, Newton Aycliffe
 * B Squadron, Coulby Newham
 * C Squadron, Stockton-on-Tees with a troop in Coulby Newham

After formation and their consolidation, the hospital moved under the command of the 15th (North-East) Infantry Brigade. Following a further re-organisation of the territorials, the volunteers were re-named as the territorial army and the former territorials disbanded or expanded to form new companies and battalions. In 1981 the hospital's headquarters were moved to Newton Aycliffe where they were commanded by the North-East District. Following this move the hospital was to be assigned to Commander, Medical Rear Communication Zone, BAOR if mobilised for war against the Warsaw Pact.

In 1992 the major Options for Change for announced which dramatically reduced the