Clinical Commissioning Groups in England: April 2017 Boundaries V4

Version 4 boundaries for Clinical Commissioning Groups in England, updated as of 1 April 2017. The dataset includes five boundary resolutions, from full resolution (35 MB) to ultra generalised (187 KB), and contains corrections for eight LSOAs moved between NHS Norwich and NHS South Norfolk CCGs. Contains Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping healthcare service areas based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing changes in CCG composition based on the documented LSOA transfers.
• Creating simplified visualizations using the generalised (20m), super generalised (200m), or ultra generalised (500m) boundary files.

Strengths

• Provides five different boundary resolutions for varying use cases, with file sizes ranging from 187 KB to 35 MB.
• Includes documented corrections for specific Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) between CCGs.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific date (1 April 2017).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 2017; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries provided via an ArcGIS REST service.

Time Range

As at 1 April 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:07.030716; freshness should be verified

Geography

England