Make neighbourhood decisions with confidence
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The latest version adds new data, lets you save your work and pick up where you left off, edit existing neighbourhoods and export to your local GIS.
Neighbourhood Indicators gives ICBs neighbourhood-level insight to plan, prioritise and commission services, closing the gap between fragmented data and real-world action.
It brings national datasets together in interactive maps and LSOA-level population profiles, so you can build neighbourhoods, compare them with place, ICB, NHS region and England, and export the results to your own systems.
Why it matters
Built for the priorities shaping the NHS right now
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Prevention and early intervention
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Reducing health inequalities
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Neighbourhood-based care models
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Strategic resource allocation
Use case
How it works
A practical use case: GP practice diabetes prevalence (QOF data) mapped against the IMD 2025 Health Deprivation and Disability domain shows where recorded prevalence is high in deprived neighbourhoods. This supports targeted commissioning decisions and helps identify where earlier intervention could reduce avoidable emergency admissions.
The neighbourhoods are made up as an example for demonstration purposes
Latest version
What's new in the tool
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Save and continue
Save the neighbourhoods you have built so far and reload them later to pick up where you left off.
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Edit existing neighbourhoods
Add or remove LSOAs and rename neighbourhoods as your plans develop, without starting again.
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Export to your GIS
Download neighbourhood tables as CSV, and boundaries and service locations as shapefiles for your local mapping system.
Inside the tool
Map, compare and build
Everything you need to understand your population and shape neighbourhoods in one place.
Map and controls
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Switch base layers between GP registered groups, rural-urban classification, IMD deciles and general health
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Turn services, areas and indicators on and off from one grouped layer list
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Clear map keys for every layer and boundary
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Hover over any area or service to see its population, main GP practice and ODS code
Population charts and comparisons
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Five population breakdowns: age, sex, ethnicity, disability and general health
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See GP-registered patients by practice for each LSOA
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Compare with place, ICB, NHS region or England on every chart
Neighbourhood builder
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Build neighbourhoods by clicking or lassoing LSOAs, with a running population total
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Compare each neighbourhood's population profile with place, ICB, NHS region or England
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See which PCNs each neighbourhood includes
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Built-in rules keep each neighbourhood within its place boundary
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Save, reload and edit your neighbourhoods at any time
What you get
Clear evidence. Better decisions.
A single view of neighbourhood need, outcomes and provision
Turn insight into action
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Compare need against provision across your system
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Target interventions at high-need populations
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Build commissioning cases with evidence
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Track impact over time
What you can see
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Understand need at LSOA level
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Compare outcomes and provision across geographies
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Identify gaps and underserved communities
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Prioritise investment
Data included
GP QOF prevalence
IMD 2025
Census 2021 general health
Census 2021 disability
Rural-urban classification
Age, sex and ethnicity
GP practices
Pharmacies
Dentists
Opticians
Care homes
Hospital sites
Demo
See the tool in action
Watch our overview, then see how to build your own neighbourhood.
Want to know more?
Book a guided walkthrough to see example use cases and implementation options for your ICB.
Pricing is available on request. Email nhsbn.enquiries@nhs.net.