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:

 

12345ODS mastered or 3rd party data6789

OVERALLFrequency of UpdateData Collection MethodFit for PurposeCoverage / CompletenessReliability / AccuracyData Agreement3rd Party Escalation RoutesSystem Application / Downstream System FeedbackFuture Refinement / Improvement Plan
NHS England and RegionsGREENGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenODSn/an/aGreenGreen

Ad Hoc, driven by NHS/DHSC policy changesODS 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/an/aNo known issuesNot required


Key Information - Roles, Code Formats and Data Source

Key Information
Geographic coverage
  • England
  • Wales

Primary Role ID






RO185Primary Role Name






REGIONAL OFFICE (RO)
RO209NHS ENGLAND (REGION)
RO210NHS ENGLAND (REGION, LOCAL OFFICE)
RO212NHS ENGLAND (REGION, LOCAL OFFICE) SITE
RO200WELSH ASSEMBLY
RO128GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION
Non Primary Role ID
RO211 Non Primary Role Name
SPECIALISED COMMISSIONING HUBLinked to RO210 Primary Role only
Raw Data SourceNHS EnglandUpdate FrequencyAd-hoc basis
Code Format
Organisation typeCharactersComments
12345
All applicable OrganisationsA-Z0-9A-Z0-9A-ZIssued after 1 
October 2020
National GroupingY0-90-9

Issued before 1 
October 2020
High Level Health AuthorityQ0-90-9

Issued before 1 
October 2020
Government Office RegionA-N, W



Issued before 1 
October 2020
Digital Health and Care WalesW00


National Assembly for WalesW01


Health Commission WalesW01HC

Permitted Relationships

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

Source Primary Role ID

Relationship Type IdRelationship Type NameTarget Primary Role IDTarget Primary Role Name
RO185RE5IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OFRO128GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION

RO210
RE2IS A SUB-DIVISION OFRO209NHS ENGLAND (REGION)
RE5IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OFRO128GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION

RO212
RE6IS OPERATED BYRO210NHS ENGLAND (REGION, LOCAL OFFICE)
RE6IS OPERATED BYRO261STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
RO200RE5IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OFRO185REGIONAL OFFICE (RO)

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