Download our Standards Repository document for technical information about the standards used within our data downloads.
Changes to ODS regions, April 2019 - important information
Replacement of Direct Commissioning Offices with Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships
Within the ODS products, the Higher Level Heath Authorities currently reflect the NHS England Region Local Offices, also known as Direct Commissioning Offices (DCO).
From 1 April, NHS England replaced the DCO tier of the hierarchy with Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP). This change is not currently reflected in the ODS reference tables.
The ODS team will work to implement the new hierarchy structure to remove DCO and replace with STP for April 2020.
Standards repository document
Production schedule
Use our production schedule to find out about our publication release dates, along with information about the different types of release that we publish.
Terminology Reference Data-Update (TRUD)
Changes to organisation details
England and Wales
Health authorities and support agencies
Data for Commissioning Regions, Area Teams, Commissioning Support Units, Special Health Authorities, Support Agencies.
GP and GP practice related data
GP Practitioners, GP Practices, Branch Surgeries, Nurses Prescribes, Pharmacy HQs, Dispensaries, Private Controlled Drug Prescribes, Abeyance and Dispersal GPs.
Other NHS organisations
Clinical Commissioning Groups, CCG Sites, Care Trusts, Care Trust Sites, NHS Trusts, NHS Trust Sites, Welsh Local Health Boards, WLHB Sites.
Non-NHS organisations
Independent Health Care Providers (ISHP), ISHP Sites, Care Homes, Prisons, Justice Organisations, Schools, Local Authorities. Independent Providers (Non Healthcare)
Miscellaneous
Optical Headquarters, Optical Sites, Dental Practices, Dental Practitioners, Hospital Consultants, Archive and Successor Data, Default codes, Treatment Centres, Hospices, Pathology Laboratories, Education Establishments (Deaneries).
ODS postcode files
Regional postcode files from England, along with postcode files from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Office for National Statistics data
Country names and pseudo country postcodes, 1991 census codes, 2001 output areas, Ward Health Matrix and postcodes.
Scotland, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man
Home countries
Scottish GPs and Practices, Scottish Providers, Scottish Purchasers, Northern Irish GPs and Practices, NI Boards, NI Trusts, NI Local Health and Social Care Groups, Isle of Man Organisations.
Archive files
Monthly archive
Download update files from the last 3 months.
Quarterly archive
Download update files from the last quarter.
Access databases
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Last edited: 18 April 2019 1:46 pm