Unitary Authority to Local Health Board Lookup for Wales, December 2022

A lookup file mapping unitary authorities to local health boards in Wales as of 31 December 2022. The dataset contains four text fields with specified lengths and is provided by the Government Digital Service. It was last updated on 7 December 2022.

Use Cases

• Cross-reference public health statistics with administrative boundaries based on the UA22CD and LHB22CD codes.
• Aggregate health board-level data to unitary authority level using the provided lookup relationships.
• Validate or standardize geographic identifiers for data integration projects in Wales.

Strengths

• Provides a specific snapshot of administrative relationships as of 31 December 2022.
• Field names and lengths (9, 17, 9, 41) are explicitly documented, suggesting a defined structure.
• Available in multiple formats including CSV and GEOJSON, facilitating different use cases.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2022-12-07 06:11:00.574000; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative compilation.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 2022-12-31.

Freshness

Snapshot from 2022-12-31; last metadata update 2022-12-07.

Geography

Wales