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
Births
Gestation length at birth
7% of babies were born premature
Delivery method
The decision on the method of delivery should take into account women's needs and preferences. Caesarean sections can be performed electively, or as an emergency where it is clinically required.
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