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Maternity Services Monthly Statistics - February 2021, experimental statistics

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Author: Community and mental health team, NHS Digital
Responsible Statistician: Paul Jennings

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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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