NHS England Region and Local Office Boundaries for April 2017

Digital vector boundaries for NHS England (Region, Local Office) areas in England, as of 1 April 2017. The data is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains five boundary resolutions, from full resolution (12 MB) to ultra generalised (72 KB). This update reflects a formal name change for the geography entities, while underlying codes and individual organisation details remain unchanged.

Use Cases

• Mapping health service administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing geographic coverage of NHS local offices based on the super generalised (200m) clipped boundaries.
• Integrating health administrative geography with other datasets using the consistent boundary snapshot from April 2017.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary resolutions with stated file sizes, from 12 MB to 72 KB.
• Contains a specific snapshot date of 1 April 2017 for the boundaries.
• Includes direct REST service URLs for INSPIRE View and Feature Download services.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the April 2017 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics, using data from the Organisation Data Service (NHS Digital) and NHS England.

Collection Method

Formal update of digital vector boundaries following a confirmed name change from NHS England.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 1 April 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:21.505372; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England.