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Maternity Services Monthly Statistics

Official statistics
Frequency:
Monthly
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

Summary

These are the Official Statistics about NHS-funded maternity services in England, from the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS). Including activity at the booking appointment, during the pregnancy, during and after birth, and information on pregnancy outcomes.

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About this publication

Birthweight measures

A processing issue has been identified affecting the BirthweightTermGroup and BirthweightTermGroup2500 measures in the CSV file. The issue affects data published as far back as the June 2021 publication, to varying degrees by reporting month, organisation level and organisation. As a result, we advise users not to use sub-national values for these measures.

These measures have been removed from the CSV file from the August 2026 publication onwards (Final May 2026 and Provisional June 2026 data) and will remain unavailable until the issue has been resolved.

Genital tract traumatic lesion measures

A processing issue was identified affecting the GenitalTractTraumaticLesion and GenitalTractTraumaticLesionGroup measures in the CSV file. The issue affects data published as far back as the October 2020 publication, and therefore we advise users not to use any values for these measures published before the correction was implemented.

These measures were removed from the CSV file for publications between July 2025 and April 2026. Corrected data has been available since the May 2026 publication onwards (Final February 2026 and Provisional March 2026 data).

Euroking maternity information system: safety alert

A National Patient Safety alert issued in December 2023, identified safety risks relating to technical issues with the Euroking maternity information IT system, used by some NHS trusts. NHS England has been monitoring Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) submissions following this alert and, to date, has not identified any noticeable impact on the metrics published within this series.

 

 

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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.