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Change summary - 2021 CCG mergers

This is a summary of changes to organisation reference data (ORD) due to Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) mergers. The changes will take effect from 1 April 2021.

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1 July 2022 changes to naming of CCGs and STP

This page was created before the 1 July 2022. Any reference to Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) should now be the new Sub ICB Location. Any reference to STP should now be (integrated care board (ICB). 

The following information provides a summary of the data changes being introduced to Organisation Reference Data (ORD) as a result of the 2021 Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) mergers.

The mergers are subject to NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) approval by January 2021. Those approved will take effect from April 2021.

We recommend that ORD users assess the impact of the changes, to enable the completion of any preparatory work needed on their systems and processes, ready for implementation of the changes

What we are changing

On 1 April 2021, 38 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are merging to create 9 new CCGs.

Organisation Data Service (ODS) will publish 9 new CCG codes on the ODS system from 10 February 2021. They will have a future legal start date value of 1 April 2021.

The 9 new CCG codes will be available in the ODS API, ODS portal, Care Identity Service (CIS) and Spine from 11 February 2021.

They will also be available in the legacy CSV files on 26 February 2021. Between 1 to 9 April 2021, ODS will reparent organisation records (ODS codes) that have a relationship to one of the 38 CCG codes, over to the 9 new CCG codes.

The 38 legacy CCG codes will then be legally closed with a legal close date value of 31 March 2021. The 38 legacy CCG codes are scheduled to be operationally closed on 30 September 2021.

There are no STP or CCG boundary changes as part of the 2021 CCG mergers. This will be assured by confirmation from NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEi) CCG Region leads, upon them requesting a reserved CCG code from ODS.

There are no 2021 CCG mergers occurring in the North West (Y62) or South West (Y58) NHS England Regions.

CCG mergers

Find out about the CCG mergers below:

East of England (Y61) CCG mergers

CCG merger 1

Legacy (closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG name

New CCG code

06F

NHS Bedfordshire CCG

 NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG M1J4Y

06P

NHS Luton CCG

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG

 M1J4Y

04F

NHS Milton Keynes CCG

 NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG M1J4Y

 

South East (Y59) CCG mergers

CCG merger 2

Legacy (Closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG name

New CCG code

10K

NHS Fareham and Gosport CCG

 NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG D9Y0V

10L

NHS Isle of Wight CCG

 NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG D9Y0V

10J

NHS North Hampshire CCG

NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG

 D9Y0V

10V

NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG

 NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG D9Y0V

10X

NHS Southampton CCG

 NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG D9Y0V

11A

NHS West Hampshire CCG

 NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG D9Y0V

CCG merger 3

Legacy (closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG name

New CCG code

15D

NHS East Berkshire CCG

 NHS Frimley CCG D4U1Y

99M

NHS North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG

NHS Frimley CCG

 D4U1Y

10C

NHS Surrey Heath CCG

 NHS Frimley CCG D4U1Y

 

London (Y56) CCG mergers

CCG merger 4

Legacy (closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG name

New CCG code

07L

NHS Barking and Dagenham CCG

 NHS North East London CCG A3A8R

07T

NHS City and Hackney CCG

 NHS North East London CCG A3A8R

08F

NHS Havering CCG

 NHS North East London CCG A3A8R

08M

NHS Newham CCG

NHS North East London CCG

 A3A8R

08N

NHS Redbridge CCG

 NHS North East London CCG A3A8R

08V

NHS Tower Hamlets CCG

 NHS North East London CCG A3A8R

08W

NHS Waltham Forest CCG

 NHS North East London CCG A3A8R

CCG merger 5

Legacy (closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG name

New CCG code

07P

NHS Brent CCG

 NHS North West London CCG W2U3Z

09A

NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG

 NHS North West London CCG W2U3Z

07W

NHS Ealing CCG

 NHS North West London CCG W2U3Z

08C

NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG

 NHS North West London CCG W2U3Z

08E

NHS Harrow CCG

NHS North West London CCG

 W2U3Z

08G

NHS Hillingdon CCG

 NHS North West London CCG W2U3Z

07Y

NHS Hounslow CCG

 NHS North West London CCG W2U3Z

08Y

NHS West London CCG

 NHS North West London CCG W2U3Z

 

Midlands (Y60) CCG mergers

CCG merger 6

Legacy (closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG name

New CCG code

05N

NHS Shropshire CCG

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin CCG

M2L0M

05X

NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG

 NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin CCG M2L0M

CCG merger 7

Legacy (closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG name

New CCG code

05C

NHS Dudley CCG

 NHS Black Country and West Birmingham CCG D2P2L

05L

NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG

NHS Black Country and West Birmingham CCG

 D2P2L

05Y

NHS Walsall CCG

 NHS Black Country and West Birmingham CCG D2P2L

06A

NHS Wolverhampton CCG

 NHS Black Country and West Birmingham CCG D2P2L

CCG merger 8

Legacy (closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG Name

New CCG code

05A

NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG

 NHS Coventry and Warwickshire CCG B2M3M

05R

NHS South Warwickshire CCG

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire CCG

B2M3M

05H

NHS Warwickshire North CCG

 NHS Coventry and Warwickshire CCG B2M3M

 

North East and Yorkshire (Y63) CCG mergers

CCG merger 9

Legacy (closing) CCG code

Legacy (closing) CCG name

New CCG name

New CCG code

03A

NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG

NHS Kirklees CCG

 X2C4Y

03J

NHS North Kirklees CCG

 NHS Kirklees CCG X2C4Y

Overview of changes

10 to 26 February 2021 - 9 new CCG codes introduced

9 new CCG codes will be published on the ODS system from 10 February 2021.

They will have a future legal start date of 1 April 2021.

The 9 new codes will be published in ODS API, ODS portal, CIS and Spine from 11 February 2021.

They will be published in ODS monthly XML file and legacy CSV files from 26 February 2021.

1 to 9 April 2021 - relationships reparented and 38 CCG codes legally closed

Relationships for approximately 11,000 ODS codes reparented to new CCG codes on the ODS system.

These include:

  • 4,633  social care sites
  • 235 primary care networks
  • 4,329 schools
  • 2,119 prescribing cost centres

The prescribing cost centres include non-primary role (ID: RO76) GP practice codes.

The ODS API, ODS portal, XML and CSV files will reflect all new relationships following this window, in accordance with their own update frequencies.

The 38 legacy CCG codes will then be legally closed with a legal end date value of 31 March 2021.

30 September 2021 - 38 CCG codes operationally closed

CCGs migrate operational dependencies linked to 38 legacy CCG codes in systems and services is moving over to 9 new CCG codes. The 38 legacy CCG codes will then be operationally closed with an operational end date value of 30 September 2021.

Reparenting figures are for organisation reference data only and approximate. New relationships may be introduced or closed before 1 April 2021.

 

Some healthcare professionals’ data (Egpcur.csv and Enurse.csv) is also impacted by the change.

Reconfiguration mapping

The April 2021 Reconfiguration mapping file maps the current, 38 merging CCG codes to the 9 new CCG codes, and the STP and NHS England Region codes they will be geographically linked to.

Last edited: 8 June 2023 4:33 pm