Data Description

NHS England and Regions in England, plus codes for Government Office Regions in England and Wales. It also lists a number of high-level Welsh organisations. 


How Data is Maintained

NHS England and Regions are not legal entities; they are sub-divisions of NHS England. Information on these entities is supplied directly to ODS by NHS England.


Data Quality Assessment

For further information re the: ODS Data Quality Assessment Framework



Data Quality Dimension
Last updated:

 

1 2 3 4 5 ODS mastered or 3rd party data 6 7 8 9

OVERALL Frequency of Update Data Collection Method Fit for Purpose Coverage / Completeness Reliability / Accuracy Data Agreement 3rd Party Escalation Routes System Application / Downstream System Feedback Future Refinement / Improvement Plan
NHS England and Regions GREEN Green Green Green Green Green ODS n/a n/a Green Green

Ad Hoc, driven by NHS/DHSC policy changes ODS mastered as part of a national reconfiguration project. Minor amendments to addresses etc may be received via customer logs to helpdesk.

Codes created to meet demand

Complete

Essential that these codes are reliable / reflect NHS structures


n/a n/a No known issues Not required


Key Information - Roles, Code Formats and Data Source

Key Information
Geographic coverage
  • England
  • Wales

Primary Role ID






RO185 Primary Role Name






REGIONAL OFFICE (RO)
RO209 NHS ENGLAND (REGION)
RO210 NHS ENGLAND (REGION, LOCAL OFFICE)
RO212 NHS ENGLAND (REGION, LOCAL OFFICE) SITE
RO200 WELSH ASSEMBLY
RO128 GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION
RO328 WELSH REGION
Non Primary Role ID
RO211  Non Primary Role Name
SPECIALISED COMMISSIONING HUB Linked to RO210 Primary Role only
Raw Data Source NHS England / Digital Health and Care Wales Update Frequency Ad-hoc basis
Code Format
Organisation type Characters Comments
1 2 3 4 5
All applicable Organisations A-Z 0-9 A-Z 0-9 A-Z Issued after 1 October 2020
National Grouping Y 0-9 0-9

Issued before 1 October 2020
High Level Health Authority Q 0-9 0-9

Issued before 1 October 2020
Government Office Region A-N, W



Issued before 1 October 2020
Digital Health and Care Wales W 0 0


National Assembly for Wales W 0 1


Health Commission Wales W 0 1 H C
Welsh Region A-Z 0-9 A-Z 0-9 A-Z

Permitted Relationships

Permitted Relationships: Regions/Gov Depts can be linked to (upward):

Source Primary Role ID

Relationship Type Id Relationship Type Name Target Primary Role ID Target Primary Role Name
RO185 RE5 IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF RO128 GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION

RO210
RE2 IS A SUB-DIVISION OF RO209 NHS ENGLAND (REGION)
RE5 IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF RO128 GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION

RO212
RE6 IS OPERATED BY RO210 NHS ENGLAND (REGION, LOCAL OFFICE)
RE6 IS OPERATED BY RO261 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
RO200 RE5 IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF RO185 REGIONAL OFFICE (RO)
RO328 RE5 IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF RO189 SPECIAL HEALTH AUTHORITY

Legacy .csv File Mapping

Click here for an explanation of the baseline data differences between legacy csv files and ODS Data Search and Export and the ODS APIs.

eauth.csv

Primary Role ID = RO128, RO209, RO185, RO200

Col

Data Item

Report Alias (Legacy csv)

Notes

1

[OrganisationCode]

Organisation Code


2

[OrgName]

Name


3

NULL

National Grouping

Change from legacy csv: Not populated as the organisations in question are of this tier or higher, therefore this value is not applicable for these entities.

4

NULL

Column 4


5

[Address1]

Address Line 1


6

[Address2] 

Address Line 2


7

[Address3] 

Address Line 3


8

[Town]

Address Line 4


9

[County] 

Address Line 5

Change from legacy csv: As this is a legacy field, not populated for new addresses since 2018, this field within the ODS Data Search & Export tool (including pre defined reports) will not be populated.

Note that the value (where populated) is available via the FHIR Organization Resource in the address.district property.

10

[Postcode] 

Postcode


11

[LegalStartDate] 

Open Date


12

[LegalEndDate] 

Close Date


13

 NULL

Column 13


14

RoleID

Organisation Sub-Type Code

Only populated where there is a role (PrimaryRole = 0) that is active or has a legal end date as equal to the organisation’s end date.

15

 NULL

Column 15


16

 NULL

Column 16


17

 NULL

Column 17


18

[TelephoneNumber]

Contact Telephone Number


19

 NULL

Column 19


20

 NULL

Column 20


21

 NULL

Column 21


22

‘1’

Amended Record Indicator

Set to 1 for Report

23

 NULL

Column 23


24

 NULL

Column 24


25

 NULL

Column 25


26

 NULL

Column 26


27

 NULL

Column 27