Strategic Clinical Networks in England: Generalised Clipped Boundaries as of December 2016

December 2016 digital vector boundaries for Strategic Clinical Networks in England, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset contains five versions of boundaries with different resolutions and clipping methods, ranging from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m). It includes Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights and is available via ArcGIS REST services.

Use Cases

• Mapping healthcare administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of health services using the generalised (20m) or super generalised (200m) clipped boundaries.
• Integrating network boundaries with other health datasets using the coastline-clipped versions.
• Visualizing Strategic Clinical Networks for planning or reporting purposes.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including file size details (e.g., ultra generalised is 67 KB).
• Contains specific temporal coverage, valid as of 31 December 2016.
• Includes direct REST service URLs for programmatic access and download.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified; the snapshot is from 2016.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from Ordnance Survey and ONS data.

Time Range

2016-12-31

Freshness

Snapshot from 2016; metadata last updated 2026-07-08.

Geography

England