Public Health England Regions: Names and Codes as of December 2020

Public Health England Regions in England as at 31 December 2020. The dataset includes four text fields providing codes and names for administrative regions. It was published by the Government Digital Service and last updated on the platform in October 2022.

Use Cases

• Joining health statistics to regions based on the provided region codes (PHEREG20CD).
• Mapping public health data based on the named administrative regions (PHEREG20NM).
• Validating or standardizing region identifiers in other datasets using the code and name fields.

Strengths

• Includes both a 9-character code (PHEREG20CD) and a 6-character historical variant (PHEREG20CDH) for region identification.
• Provides a clear snapshot date of 31 December 2020 for the regional boundaries.

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 14:52:44.593000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Published process for the Open Geography portal.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2020

Freshness

2022-10-19 14:52:44.593000

Geography

England