Publication, Part of Maternity Services Monthly Statistics

Maternity Services Monthly Statistics October 2020, experimental statistics

Official statistics

Publication Date:: 28 Jan 2021
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: Country, Regions, Hospital Trusts, Provider, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, Local Authorities, Hospital and Community Health Services, Hospital Sites
Date Range:: 01 Oct 2020 to 31 Oct 2020

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Clinical Quality Improvement Metric Update

UPDATE 12/03/2021

The Clinical Quality Improvement Metric (CQIM) data within the measures CSV datafile has been updated since original publication. This has been done to include the recently developed CQIMs on Robson groups, to include some recent changes to SNOMED derivations which affects the data used in the smoking and Apgar score measures and to standardise the presentation of some of the data between the CSV and the measures as displayed in the Maternity dashboard.

12 March 2021 09:30 AM

Summary

Maternity Services Monthly Statistics October 2020, experimental statistics

This is a report on NHS-funded maternity services in England for October 2020, using data submitted to the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS).

This is the latest report from the new version of the data set, MSDSv2. The new data set is a significant change which adds support for key policy initiatives such as personalised care plans and continuity of carer, as well as increased flexibility through the introduction of new clinical coding. This is a major change, so data quality and coverage has reduced from the levels seen in previous publications.

The data derived from SNOMED codes is still being developed. We have included data on smoking at booking and birth weight and others such as BMI and alcohol consumption will follow in later publications. SNOMED data is also included in some of the published Clinical Quality Improvement Metrics (CQIMs) where rules have been applied to ensure rates are calculated only where data quality is high enough. System suppliers are at different stages of developing their new solution and delivering that to trusts. In some cases this has limited the aspects of data that could be submitted to NHS Digital.

These statistics are classified as experimental and should be used with caution. Experimental statistics are new official statistics undergoing evaluation. More information about experimental statistics can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website.

Highlights

125 successful submissions

For October 2020 data, 125 providers successfully submitted data with 110 submitting data on births.

This is all expected from NHS trusts

57,420 bookings in October 2020

57,420 women with an antenatal booking appointment were reported in the period, of which 63% were within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Of the trusts that submitted booking data, there were 36,180 bookings in which the babies' gestational age was in the 0-70 days range.

41,465 births reported

We received data relating to 40,890 deliveries of 41,465 babies. External data sources suggest there are around 53,000 births each month.

NHS Maternity Statistics, England 2018-2019 (NHS Digital)

Births in England and Wales: 2019 (Office for National Statistics)

51% of deliveries were spontaneous

51% of deliveries were spontaneous vaginal births, 12% had instrumental assistance, 13% were elective caesarean sections and 17% were emergency caesarean sections.

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.