Publication, Part of Maternity Services Monthly Statistics
Maternity Services Monthly Statistics - May 2021, experimental statistics
Official statistics
Important Information for May 2021 data
Please note that, following the release of MSDS Dataset version 2.0.25, we are in the process of applying the necessary changes to the Smoking Status and Birth Weight derivations. For this reason, the following measures are unavailable in this release, but will be included at the earliest possible opportunity. We apologise for any inconvenience caused:
- SmokingStatusGroupBooking (data file)
- BirthWeightTermGroup & BirthWeightTermGroup2500 (data file)
- CQIMSmokingBooking & rate (Measures file)
- CQIMSmokingDelivery & rate (Measures file)
- CQIMDQ04 to CQIMDQ07 (Measures file)
26 August 2021 00:00 AM
Babies
Skin-to-skin contact
It is recommended that mothers have skin-to-skin contact with their babies after birth to promote the initiation of breastfeeding and protect against the negative effects of mother-baby separation. The MSDS receives data on whether a mother had skin-to-skin contact with their baby within one hour of birth.
Babies' first feed
Breastfeeding contributes to the health of both the mother and child in the short and longer term and it is recommended that women should be made aware of these benefits. The MSDS records whether a baby's first feed was maternal breast milk, donor breast milk or not breast milk.
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.
Last edited: 25 August 2021 2:53 pm