Publication, Part of Maternity Services Monthly Statistics
Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, August 2021, experimental statistics
Official statistics
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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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