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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

The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008

Declaration as to persons granted pre-release access to official statistics


Maternity Services Monthly Statistics May 2021, experimental statistics

Published 26 August 2021, 9:30am.

Pre-release access to this official statistics release was granted for a period of 24 hours prior to the date set for its publication to those people whose organisation and job titles are listed below:


Department of Health and Social Care

  • Analyst x2
  • Policy Manager
  • Media Relations Officer
  • Special Adviser x3
  • Private Secretary x3
  • Secretary of State
  • Minister of State

NHS England

  • Media Relations Adviser
  • Senior Media Relations Manager
  • Head of Maternity Programme
  • Business Manager x2
  • Chief Executive
  • Programme Manager x2
  • Chief Nursing Officer
  • Senior Analyst
  • Business Support Manager

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