Public Health England Centres: Names and Codes as of December 2019

Public Health England Centres (December 2019) Names and Codes in EN contains the official names and codes for Public Health England Centres as recorded on 31 December 2019. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service on the eu_open_data platform and was last updated in October 2022. It includes fields for codes, code history, and names, with a file size of 16 KB for the core data.

Use Cases

• Joining health statistics to administrative regions based on the provided centre codes (PHEC19CD).
• Mapping the geographic boundaries of Public Health England Centres based on the linked geospatial service.
• Tracking historical changes in administrative codes using the code history field (PHEC19CDH).
• Validating and standardizing centre names (PHEC19NM) in public health datasets.

Strengths

• Provides a specific snapshot date (31 December 2019) for administrative consistency.
• Includes both a current code (PHEC19CD) and a historical code variant (PHEC19CDH) for tracking.
• Offers multiple geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON) for mapping applications.
• Linked to a live ArcGIS FeatureServer for programmatic access.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2022-10-19 14:38:11.946000; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Official publication process for the Open Geography portal.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2019.

Freshness

Snapshot from 2019; metadata updated October 2022.

Geography

England