NHS Commissioning Regions in England, April 2015 Clipped Boundaries

Digital vector boundaries for NHS commissioning regions in England as of April 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full resolution and four generalised versions clipped to the coastline, with file sizes ranging from 53 KB to 12 MB. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping NHS commissioning regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Spatial analysis of health service areas using the generalised (20m) or ultra generalised (500m) boundary files.
• Integrating health region boundaries with other datasets using the coastline-clipped versions.
• Visualizing administrative health structures in England for a specific historical period (April 2015).

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions for different use cases, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m).
• File sizes are explicitly listed, with the ultra generalised version being 53 KB for lightweight applications.
• Boundaries are clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark) for cartographic accuracy.
• Contains specific intellectual property attribution to Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data reflects a specific snapshot from April 2015 and may not represent current boundaries.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

April 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:01.070715; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England