Clinical Commissioning Groups in England, April 2016 Boundaries with Multiple Resolutions

Digital vector boundaries for clinical commissioning groups in England as of April 2016, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset includes five boundary versions: full resolution (extent of the realm and coastline-clipped), generalised (20m), super generalised (200m), and ultra generalised (500m). File sizes range from 184 KB for the ultra generalised version to 35 MB for the full resolution coastline-clipped version.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service coverage based on the full-extent boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of health outcomes using the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Create simplified visualizations for reports using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary versions.
• Integrate administrative health boundaries with other geospatial datasets for regional planning.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes explicitly listed from 184 KB to 35 MB.
• Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights, indicating authoritative source data.
• Offers access via multiple ArcGIS REST services for viewing and feature download.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to April 2016 and may not reflect current administrative boundaries.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from authoritative sources, likely including Ordnance Survey data.

Time Range

April 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:14.921345; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England