England's lookup table linking Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA) to NHS administrative boundaries as of 1 April 2026. The dataset includes fields for LSOA codes and names, Sub Integrated Care Board Locations (SICBL), Integrated Care Boards (ICB), NHS England Regions (NHSER), and local authority districts (LAD). It was published by the Office for National Statistics and last updated on 15 April 2026.
Use Cases
- Aggregate granular LSOA-level data to higher NHS administrative units (ICB, NHSER) based on the lookup codes.
- Analyze service provision or population health across local authority districts (LAD) using the LAD26NM field.
- Join health datasets with geographic datasets using the common LSOA21CD identifier.
- Visualize data on maps by linking LSOA codes to their corresponding NHS region boundaries.
Strengths
- File size is explicitly stated as 6.7MB.
- Field names, types, and lengths are provided for all 13 columns.
- Geographic scope is clearly defined as England.
- Effective date is precisely stated as 1 April 2026.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, covering only England.
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
- Time Range
- Effective 1 April 2026
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-15 14:01:09.281395; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England