The National Health Service (Clinical Commissioning Groups) Regulations 2012

The geographical reference element of a CCG name

5.—(1) The name must include a geographical reference.

(2) This must appear immediately after the NHS element specified in regulation 4.

(3) The geographical reference must fairly and accurately represent the area specified in the CCG’s constitution.

(4) The geographical reference must be to either or both of the following (and in the case of each sub-paragraph may be to more than one of the things mentioned)—

(a) a place, geographical feature or area which is named on a map in general circulation, or which has a name in common usage in the area specified in the CCG’s constitution;

(b) a centre of population (such as a village, town or city), an administrative area (such as a county or other local authority area) or an electoral district (whether Parliamentary or local authority).

(5) If more than one reference is chosen from paragraph (4), they may be linked as appropriate by a word such as “and” or “with”.

(6) The geographical reference may also incorporate—

(a) compass references mentioned in paragraph (7),

(b) other descriptive or qualifying terms supplementing or refining the reference (or references) chosen from paragraph (4), and

(c) any necessary punctuation.

(7) The compass references referred to in paragraph (6)(a) are: North, East, South, West, North-East, North-West, South-East and South-West, or any of those in the “Northern” (etc.) form.