Strategic Clinical Networks Boundaries in England, December 2016

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for Strategic Clinical Networks in England, as at 31 December 2016. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra generalised. It includes Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights and is available via ArcGIS REST services.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of clinical network coverage based on the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Create simplified visualizations for reports using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary versions.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary versions, including full resolution (7-12 MB) and three levels of generalisation (1 MB to 67 KB).
• Contains explicit temporal coverage, representing the state of networks as of 31 December 2016.
• Includes intellectual property rights information from both Ordnance Survey and ONS.

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.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries, likely derived from official administrative sources.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:04.548491; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England