NHS Commissioning Regions in England, April 2015 Super Generalised Boundaries

Digital vector boundaries for NHS commissioning regions in England as of April 2015. The dataset contains multiple resolution versions, from full resolution to ultra generalised, each clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property.

Use Cases

• Map health service administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyze regional healthcare coverage based on the defined NHS commissioning region extents.
• Integrate health boundary data with other geospatial datasets based on the coastline-clipped geometry.
• Create simplified visualizations for reports based on the super generalised (200m) or ultra generalised (500m) boundary files.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 53 KB to 12 MB.
• Includes direct REST service URLs for INSPIRE View, Feature Download, and a standard ArcGIS Feature Server.
• Contains intellectual property from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is specific to April 2015 and may not reflect current NHS commissioning structures.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

April 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:25.579528; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England