Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, Final January 2025, Provisional February 2025, official statistics

This statistical release makes available the most recent monthly data on NHS-funded maternity services in England, using data submitted to the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS).This is the latest report from the newest version of the data set, MSDS.v.2, which has been in place since April 2019. The new data set was a significant change which added support for key policy initiatives such as continuity of carer, as well as increased flexibility through the introduction of new clinical coding. This was a major change, so data quality and coverage initially reduced from the levels seen in earlier publications. MSDS.v.2 data completeness improved over time, and we are looking at ways of supporting further improvements.This publication also includes the National Maternity Dashboard, which can be accessed via the link below.Data derived from SNOMED codes is used in some measures such as those for birthweight, and others will follow in later publications. SNOMED data is also included in some of the published Clinical Quality Improvement Metrics (CQIMs), where rules have been applied to ensure measure rates are calculated only where data quality is high enough. System suppliers are at different stages of development and delivery to trusts. In some cases, this has limited the aspects of data that can be submitted in the MSDS.To help Trusts understand to what extent they meet the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) Data Quality Criteria for Safety Action 2 we produce a CNST Scorecard Dashboard showing trust performance against this criteria. Following the publication of the criteria for Year 7 for the Maternity Incentive Scheme earlier in April, this MSDS release includes the first publication of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts: Scorecard showing trust performance against the new criteria. The assessment month for Safety Action 2 will be final July 2025 data.This dashboard does include data for a few non-CNST MSDS data quality priorities, which are not assessed as part of the CNST Maternity Incentive Scheme.The percentages presented in this report are based on rounded figures and therefore may not total to 100%.

This statistical release makes available the most recent monthly data on NHS-funded maternity services in England, using data submitted to the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS).This is the latest report from the newest version of the data set, MSDS.v.2, which has been in place since April 2019. The new data set was a significant change which added support for key policy initiatives such as continuity of carer, as well as increased flexibility through the introduction of new clinical coding. This was a major change, so data quality and coverage initially reduced from the levels seen in earlier publications. MSDS.v.2 data completeness improved over time, and we are looking at ways of supporting further improvements.This publication also includes the National Maternity Dashboard, which can be accessed via the link below.Data derived from SNOMED codes is used in some measures such as those for birthweight, and others will follow in later publications. SNOMED data is also included in some of the published Clinical Quality Improvement Metrics (CQIMs), where rules have been applied to ensure measure rates are calculated only where data quality is high enough. System suppliers are at different stages of development and delivery to trusts. In some cases, this has limited the aspects of data that can be submitted in the MSDS.To help Trusts understand to what extent they meet the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) Data Quality Criteria for Safety Action 2 we produce a CNST Scorecard Dashboard showing trust performance against this criteria. Following the publication of the criteria for Year 7 for the Maternity Incentive Scheme earlier in April, this MSDS release includes the first publication of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts: Scorecard showing trust performance against the new criteria. The assessment month for Safety Action 2 will be final July 2025 data.This dashboard does include data for a few non-CNST MSDS data quality priorities, which are not assessed as part of the CNST Maternity Incentive Scheme.The percentages presented in this report are based on rounded figures and therefore may not total to 100%.