Integrated Care Boards: Names and Codes for England

England's Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are listed with official names and codes. The dataset contains two versions: one reflecting the structure as of April 2023 and another as of April 2026. Each record includes a 9-character code (ICBxxCD), a 3-character code (ICBxxCDH), and a name field (ICBxxNM) up to 77 characters long.

Use Cases

• Joining health statistics to ICB geography using the official code fields (ICB23CD/ICB26CD).
• Mapping service provision or outcomes across England's 42 Integrated Care Board regions.
• Tracking organizational changes in the NHS structure between the 2023 and 2026 snapshots.
• Validating and standardizing ICB identifiers in local healthcare datasets.

Strengths

• Provides two temporally specific snapshots (April 2023 and April 2026) for tracking changes.
• Includes multiple official code formats (9-char and 3-char) for different linking scenarios.
• Published by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Sources conflict on the effective date (April 2023 vs. April 2026) and corresponding column names (ICB23* vs. ICB26*), indicating separate files for different years.
• Metadata for row count, file size, and license is incomplete or missing across platforms.
• The dataset is a simple reference list without demographic or performance metrics.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Official administrative compilation.

Time Range

Snapshots for April 2023 and April 2026.

Freshness

2026-04-22 15:13:01.433652

Geography

England