Publication, Part of Maternity Services Monthly Statistics

Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, October 2021, experimental statistics

Official statistics

Publication Date:: 27 Jan 2022
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 2021 to 31 Oct 2021

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Summary

Maternity Services Monthly Statistics October 2021, experimental statistics

This is a report on NHS-funded maternity services in England for October 2021, 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

Key Facts

119 successful submissions

For October 2021 data, 119 providers successfully submitted data with 119 submitting data on births.

This is all expected from NHS trusts

52,630 bookings in October 2021

52,630 women with an antenatal booking appointment were reported in the period, of which 59% were within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Of the trusts that submitted booking data, there were 30,365 bookings in which the babies' gestational age was in the 0-70 days range.

47,530 births reported

We received data relating to 46,930 deliveries of 47,530 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)

54% of deliveries were spontaneous

54% of deliveries were spontaneous vaginal births, 11% had instrumental assistance, 14% were elective caesarean sections and 18% 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.