This file contains the digital vector boundaries for NHS England (Regions) in England as at 1 April 2017.Organisation Data Service, part of NHS Digital, received formal confirmation from NHS England that they wished to update the collective organisation role/type names for the NHS Commissioning Region areas. The new name for these geography entities are NHS England (Region). This is purely a change to organisation role names. The associated organisation role codes, and the names and codes of individual organisations of this type, will all remain unchanged.The boundaries available are: Full resolution - extent of the realm (usually this is the Mean Low Water mark but in some cases boundaries extend beyond this to include off shore islands);Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark);Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark);Super generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark) andUltra generalised (500m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.Download File SizesFull resolution - extent of the realm (8 MB)Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (11 MB)Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (1 MB)Super generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (186 KB)Ultra generalised (500m) - clipped to the coastline (55 KB).REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Health_Boundaries/NHS_England_Regions_April_2017_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireViewREST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature Download Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Health_Boundaries/NHS_England_Regions_April_2017_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireFeatureDownloadREST URL of ArcGIS Feature Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Health_Boundaries/NHS_England_Regions_April_2017_Boundaries/FeatureServer