NHS England Region and Local Office Boundaries for April 2017

April 2017 digital vector boundaries for NHS England Region and Local Offices in England. The dataset contains five boundary resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), all clipped to the coastline. Office for National Statistics provides this data, which contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping NHS regional administrative structures based on the described boundary files.
• Conducting spatial analysis of health data at the NHS Region and Local Office level based on the provided geography.
• Creating simplified visualizations for dashboards using the ultra generalised (500m) boundaries mentioned in the description.
• Integrating health service boundaries with other geospatial datasets for England.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary resolutions, including ultra generalised files as small as 72 KB for lightweight use.
• Boundaries are temporally specific, representing the state of NHS geography as of 1 April 2017.
• Data is sourced from authoritative bodies, including the Organisation Data Service (NHS Digital) and Ordnance Survey.

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 may reflect temporal bias inherent to the April 2017 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics, incorporating data from NHS Digital's Organisation Data Service.

Collection Method

Official digital vector boundaries produced and maintained by the relevant UK national bodies.

Time Range

As at 1 April 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:59.410894; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England.