NHS Commissioning Regions in England, April 2015 Boundaries

Digital vector boundaries for NHS commissioning regions in England as of April 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full-resolution and multiple generalised versions clipped to the coastline. Office for National Statistics provides this data, which contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map NHS commissioning region boundaries based on the provided full-resolution and generalised vector files.
• Analyze regional healthcare administration extents based on the coastline-clipped boundary options.
• Integrate health region geometries with other datasets based on the April 2015 snapshot.
• Perform spatial analysis at different resolutions based on the 20m, 200m, and 500m generalised versions.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and four generalised/clipped options.
• Specific file sizes are listed, ranging from 53 KB for the ultra generalised version to 12 MB for the full resolution clipped version.
• Contains intellectual property from authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data represents a single snapshot from April 2015; administrative boundaries may have changed since.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

April 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.928488; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England