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Publication, Part of Maternity Services Monthly Statistics
Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, England - October 2016, Experimental statistics
Official statistics, Experimental statistics- Publication Date:
- 1 Mar 2017
- 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 2016 to 31 Oct 2016
Summary
This is a report on NHS-funded maternity services in England for October 2016, using data submitted to the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS). The MSDS has been developed to help achieve better outcomes of care for mothers, babies and children.
The MSDS is a patient-level 'secondary uses' data set that re-uses clinical and operational data for purposes other than direct patient care, such as commissioning, clinical audit. It captures key information at each stage of the maternity service care pathway in NHS-funded maternity services, such as those provided by GP practices and hospitals. The data collected include mother's demographics, booking appointments, admissions and re-admissions, screening tests, labour and delivery along with baby's demographics, diagnoses and screening tests.
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.
For the first time in this series, this month's statistical release contains information relating to genital tract traumatic lesions.
Highlights
This report contains key information based on the submissions that have been made by providers and focuses on data relating to activity that occurred in October 2016.
· 106 providers successfully submitted October data for the MSDS. This compares with 134 providers submitting data in HES for 2015-16. We are working closely with providers who did not respond and expect coverage and data quality to increase over time.
· 84 of these providers submitted birth data relating to babies born in October 2016.
· Among women that had a booking appointment in October 2016, 53 per cent were within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. This varied across regions with the highest proportion (59 per cent) of women having appointments in the first 10 weeks in the North of England Commissioning Region and the lowest proportion (37 per cent) in the London Commissioning Region.
· Of the births that had a recorded delivery method, 59 per cent were spontaneous vaginal births, 11 per cent had instrumental assistance, 12 per cent were elective caesarean sections and 15 per cent were emergency caesarean sections. The proportion of births by emergency caesarean was highest in the Midlands and East of England and the London Commissioning Regions (16 per cent) and lowest in the South of England Commissioning Region (13 per cent).
· Among mothers that gave birth at 37 weeks gestation or later, 80 per cent had skin-to-skin contact with their baby within one hour of birth. The percentage of mothers that had skin-to-skin contact within one hour was highest in the Midlands and East of England Commissioning Region (82 per cent) and lowest in the London Commissioning Region (78 per cent).
· 74 per cent of babies received maternal or donor breast milk as their first feed.
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.
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