NHS England Region Names and Codes as of April 2017

NHS England (Region) names and codes, as at 1 April 2017 in England. This file from the Organisation Data Service (NHS Digital) replaced the previous NHS Commissioning Region file. The update involved a change to the collective organisation role names, while the underlying codes and individual organisation details remained unchanged.

Use Cases

• Mapping healthcare service regions based on the provided NHS England (Region) geography.
• Joining health statistics data using the NHSER17CD or NHSER17CDH codes as a key.
• Analyzing administrative changes in the NHS structure following the 2017 renaming.

Strengths

• Provides a definitive snapshot of NHS England regional geography as of a specific date (1 April 2017).
• The description specifies that the update was purely a name change, ensuring code consistency for historical joins.
• Data is sourced from the authoritative Organisation Data Service, part of NHS Digital.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2022-10-19 14:02:02.208000; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Organisation Data Service, NHS Digital (via Government Digital Service on eu_open_data).

Collection Method

Administrative update and publication.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 2017-04-01.

Freshness

Snapshot as of 2017-04-01; metadata last updated 2022-10-19.

Geography

England.