Maternity Services Monthly Statistics for England from NHS Digital
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Description
NHS Digital publishes monthly experimental statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS), a patient-level data collection for NHS-funded maternity care in England. The data captures the entire maternity care pathway, including mother and baby demographics, appointments, admissions, screening tests, labour, and delivery. These statistics are intended for secondary uses such as commissioning, audit, research, and service planning.
Use Cases
Analyze demographic disparities in maternity care access based on mother's demographics mentioned in the description
Model service demand and resource allocation based on booking appointments and admissions data
Audit clinical quality and outcomes across NHS trusts using comparative, mother and child-centric data
Research screening test uptake and outcomes for mothers and babies
Monitor performance and manage services at local and national levels using operational data
Strengths
Data covers the complete maternity service care pathway from booking to delivery and postnatal care
Patient-level granularity allows for detailed mother and child-centric analysis
Published by NHS Digital, a national authoritative source for UK health data
Limitations
Statistics are classified as experimental and should be used with caution
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
Source
NHS Digital
Collection Method
Patient-level data collected from NHS-funded maternity services, including GP practices and hospitals.