Publication, Part of Maternity Services Monthly Statistics
Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, Final October 2023, Provisional November 2023, experimental statistics
Official statistics
Antenatal booking appointments
Gestational age at booking appointment
At the booking appointment, the woman will be given information relating to the baby's development stages, nutrition and screening tests available.
NICE recommends that this appointment should ideally take place before 10 weeks' gestation.
60% of booking appointments were at or before 10 weeks' gestation.
Booking after more than 20 weeks of pregnancy accounted for 9% per cent of booking appointments.
Smoking Status of Women at booking appointment
Smoking during pregnancy, or living with someone who smokes, can affect the baby both before and after birth.
At the time of their booking appointment, 11% of women with a recorded smoking status were smokers, and 89% were non-smokers.
Of all women 93% had a recorded smoking status.
Complex social factors
12% of women attending a booking appointment had complex social factors recorded
Women with complex social factors may need additional support to use antenatal care services. 7,080 women attending a booking appointment had complex social factors recorded and 47,815 had a recording of no complex social factors. The remaining women did not have a complex social factor recorded.
Personalised care
The NHS Long Term Plan and the accompanying guidance, Universal Personalised Care, made commitments to delivering choice and personalisation in maternity services, complimenting the recommendations in the national maternity review, Better Births.
When a Personalised Care and Support Plan (PCSP) has been agreed, this should be recorded and submitted.
112 trusts have reported that PCSPs are in place for a total of 132,655 women. This is 4 fewer trusts than last month.
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: 18 January 2024 9:31 am