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Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, England - August 2017, Experimental statistics

Official statistics
Publication Date:
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Regions, Hospital Trusts, Provider, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, Local Authorities, Hospital and Community Health Services, Hospital Sites
Date Range:
01 Aug 2017 to 31 Aug 2017

Summary

This is a report on NHS-funded maternity services in England for August 2017, using data submitted to the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS). The MSDS has been developed to help achieve better outcomes of care for mothers, babies and children.

The MSDS is a patient-level 'secondary uses' data set that re-uses clinical and operational data for purposes other than direct patient care, such as commissioning and clinical audit. It captures key information at each stage of the maternity service care pathway in NHS-funded maternity services, such as those provided by GP practices and hospitals. The data collected include mother's demographics, booking appointments, admissions and re-admissions, screening tests, labour and delivery along with baby's demographics, diagnoses and screening tests.

The following analysis files are published within the zip file 'Additional experimental analysis using MSDS data' due to low data quality and completeness:

  • Delivery method by previous births for births in August 2017
  • Delivery method by Robson group for births in August 2017
  • Smoking status at delivery for births in July 2017
  • Postpartum haemorrhage and other maternal critical incidents for births in July 2017
  • Antenatal pathway level for bookings in August 2017
  • Births without intervention in August 2017

This file also includes a spreadsheet bringing together counts relating to 11 of the 14 Clinical Quality Improvement Metrics that form part of NHS England's Maternity Transformation Programme.

This release includes the first publication of birth weight data from the MSDS. 

These statistics are classified as experimental and should be used with caution. Experimental statistics are new official statistics undergoing evaluation. More information about experimental statistics can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website.

Highlights

This report contains key information based on the submissions that have been made by providers and will focus on data relating to activity that occurred in August 2017.

  • For August 2017 data, 133 providers successfully submitted data for the MSDS. Of the 133 providers submitting data in HES for 2016-17 eligible to submit to the MSDS in August 2017, 2 providers did not submit data. We are working closely with providers who did not respond and expect coverage and data quality to increase over time.
  • 123 of these providers submitted birth data relating to babies born in August 2017.
  • Among women that had a booking appointment in August 2017, 55 per cent were within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. This varied across regions with the highest proportion (59 per cent) of women having appointments in the first 10 weeks in the North of England Commissioning Region and the lowest proportion (48 per cent) in the London Region.
  • Of the births that had a recorded delivery method, 58 per cent were spontaneous vaginal births, 10 per cent had instrumental assistance, 13 per cent were elective caesarean sections and 15 per cent were emergency caesarean sections. The proportion of births by emergency caesarean was highest in the London Commissioning Region (18 per cent) and 15 per cent in all other NHS England Regions.
  • Among women that gave birth at 37 weeks gestation or later, 82 per cent had skin-to-skin contact with their baby within one hour of birth. The percentage of women that had skin-to-skin contact within one hour was highest in the London Commissioning Region (85 per cent) and lowest in the North of England Commissioning Region (78 per cent).
  • 74 per cent of babies received maternal or donor breast milk as their first feed.

Administrative Sources

Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS): this is a patient-level data set that captures information about activity carried out by Maternity Services relating to a mother and baby(s), from the point of the first booking appointment until mother and baby(s) are discharged from maternity services. This is a secondary uses data set, which re-uses clinical and operational data for purposes other than direct patient care.

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Last edited: 11 April 2018 4:25 pm