Clinical Commissioning Groups in England: Ultra Generalised Boundaries for April 2017

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England, as of 1 April 2017. The dataset is version 4, incorporating corrections to boundaries between specific CCGs. It contains multiple boundary resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), all clipped to the coastline.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service boundaries based on the provided vector geometry.
• Analyze regional healthcare coverage based on the corrected CCG boundaries.
• Integrate administrative health boundaries with other geospatial data based on the coastline-clipped formats.

Strengths

• Contains five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 187 KB to 35 MB.
• Includes specific corrections for eight LSOAs moved between NHS Norwich CCG and NHS South Norfolk CCG.
• Boundaries are provided as of a specific snapshot 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

Time Range

As of 1 April 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:12.557481; freshness should be verified

Geography

England