Postcode to UK Health Authorities (HSCB, HB/CHP, LHB, NHS)

This instant download contains every UK Postcode (circa. 1,791,296 Postcodes) and the Postcode’s  associated Health Authority.  In addition, we include a list of circa. 892,441 ‘Retired’ Postcodes that are no longer used by Royal Mail, showing historic HA data.  The product files are updated quarterly to ensure they remain current, and our clients receive an inclusive complete refresh every three months as part of the service, for no additional fee.

• Full Postcode (e.g. UB7 0EB)
• Postcode Sector (e.g. UB7 0)
• Postcode District (e.g. UB7)
• Postcode Area (e.g. UB)
• Area Code*
• Area Name* (e.g. NHS North West London CCG)
• Region Code* (e.g. E18000007)
• Region Name* (e.g. London)
• Country (e.g. England)
• Postcode Introduced – date postcode was introduced
• Postcode Retired* – date Postcode was retired

*Area Code: The code for the CCG areas (England), LHBs (Wales), CHPs (Scotland) – now defunct, LCG (Northern Ireland) and PHD (Isle of Man; there are no equivalent areas in the Channel Islands (for which a pseudo code is included). The field will otherwise be blank for postcodes with no grid reference.  *Area Name: The names for the above Area Codes.  *Region Code: The Health Area Code for the postcode: Former Strategic Health Authority (SHA)/ Local Health Board (LHB)/ Health Board (HB)/ Health Authority (HA)/ Health & Social Care Board (HSCB). SHAs were abolished in England in 2013 but the codes remain as a ‘frozen’ geography.  *Region Name: The names for the above regions.  *Retired Postcodes: Contains Postcodes which have now been retired from the Postal system and therefore are no longer in circulation. This file provides a comprehensive ‘history’ of Postcodes and the current Health Authority structure. It is recommended to use this data file in conjunction with the ‘live’ files (1) HEA-FLL-UK-CSV-1 containing all live Postcodes from Postcode Areas AB to LN (837,145 postcodes); (2) HEA-FLL-UK-CSV-2 containing all live Postcodes from Postcode Areas LS to ZE (828,610 postcodes) to achieve the maximum match rates for accurate analysis.

Coverage

The organisation of the NHS differs between each of the UK’s four countries of England, Scotland, N. Ireland and Wales.

Licensing

Downloads are supplied as licensed products, allowing unlimited reuse of the file content for 12 months.    You may cancel the licence at any time without penalty.  The licence fee you pay covers the considerable effort taken to compile and update the product, including our manual correction and verification, and finally verification against the latest Royal Mail and Ordnance Survey databases. On or before the 11th month, we will write to you, offering to extend the licence for a further 12 months or to let it expire.

Updates

As part of the fee paid, we will automatically send you a full product file refresher every 3 months for no additional fee.  This will ensure the postcodes and associated content remains current.

Guarantees

We have developed internal quality processes to help ensure the data you purchase is fit for purpose.  If you are for some reason not satisfied with the data or our work, we offer a no quibble refund in exchange for your feedback.