Part of Child Health Interoperability (CHI) implementation guide for child health information services
PDS birth notification messages
PDS birth notification
PDS birth notification event messages are generated by the Spine and published to the NEMS when a birth is registered on PDS. The event message will contain the details of the mother, the details of the baby and some supporting information around the birth.
1. Data fields available in this message
This table lists the data fields in the PDS birth notification message.
| Delivery place type |
| Partner Child Health organisation code |
| Responsible Child Health organisation code |
| First given name |
| Notifying person family name |
| Registering authority type (?) or organisation identifier (?) |
| NHS number |
| Gender |
| First given name |
| Other given name(s) |
| Family name |
| Person birth date |
| Delivery time |
| Birth weight |
| Birth order |
| Number of births in confinement |
| Gestation age |
| Suspected congenital abnormality indicator |
| Ethnic category |
| Still born indicator |
| Address line |
| Address line |
| Address line |
| Address line |
| Address line |
| Postcode |
4. What benefits can be achieved
This table gives the benefits of using birth notifications in NEMS.
| Do you currently? | With NEMS | Which means | What may be impacted? | Possible measures before and after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receive out of area births later in the area? | You will receive the area births the same day | This may allow to start processes for these births sooner | Timings of new birth visits, Hepatitis B follow up, Bloodspot processes | % of out of area births, new birth visits,
Hepatitis B, bloodspot key performance indicators. |
| Have new births transfer in and out | You will receive births only for your population | There will be fewer or no transfers. Transfers may continue until all areas are live | Time taken | Number of transfers/time taken. |
| Doublecheck ("failsafe"), births, received for example via the BNA? | You will get all births for your area directly from the Spine (the same source as the BNA) | You may be able to stop the checking process, freeing up some time | Time taken | Time taken for checking. |
| For Child Health Information Services : notify health visiting service about the births? |
Health visiting services will receive birth notification directly into their system. when health visiting service go live with NEMS |
You may be able to stop notifying which may free up time and health visiting may receive information sooner | Time taken for notifications NBV scheduling | Time taken to notify health visiting. |
| Find out about births when you receive bloodspot results? | You will receive all births for your area as they are recorded | Fewer errors when processing screening results | Time taken to process screening results | Number of births not registered when screening results received. |
Last edited: 31 January 2022 5:16 pm