Clinical Commissioning Groups in England: April 2017 Boundaries

Version 4 boundaries for Clinical Commissioning Groups in England, effective 1 April 2017, corrects eight LSOA assignments between NHS Norwich and NHS South Norfolk CCGs. The Office for National Statistics provides five boundary resolutions, from full to ultra-generalized, with file sizes ranging from 187 KB to 35 MB. Contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service boundaries based on the provided full-resolution or generalized vector files.
• Analyze changes in CCG composition based on the documented LSOA reassignments.
• Integrate administrative health boundaries with other geospatial datasets for England.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary resolutions, including full, 20m, 200m, and 500m generalized versions.
• Documents specific corrections, such as the reassignment of eight LSOA codes (e.g., E01026895) between two CCGs.
• Includes direct download links to ArcGIS REST services for programmatic access.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to a single snapshot date (April 2017); temporal analysis requires other versions.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from official sources, with specific corrections applied.

Time Range

As at 1 April 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:39.074096; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England