Dataset - Health Data Research Innovation Gateway

Summary

Patient-level data set that captures information about activity carried out by Maternity Services relating to mother and baby(s), from the first booking appointment until mother and baby(s) are discharged from the services.

Documentation

The Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) is a patient-level data set that captures key information generated as part of care within maternity service providers at each stage of the maternity care pathway including the antenatal pathway, the birth episode pathway, and the postnatal pathway. The antenatal pathway starts when the pregnant woman has her first antenatal appointment with her maternity provider, at around 10 weeks’ gestation. The MSDS continues to capture information until the date on which the mother ceased to be cared for in maternity services. Information on care prior to the first antenatal booking appointment or following discharge from maternity services is not contained in the MSDS.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Dataset population size

58,035

Keywords

Mother, Childbirth, Maternity, Births, Baby, DIGITRIALS, NCS, National Core Stu

Observations

Observed Node	Disambiguating Description	Measured Value	Measured Property	Observation Date
Persons	<p>Women with an antenatal booking appointment during September recorded in the maternity services data set.</p>	58035	Count	30 Nov 2020
Persons	Births which took place during September 2020 recorded within the maternity services data set.	41560	Count	30 Nov 2020

Provenance

Collection source setting

Community, Clinic, Home, Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients

Patient pathway description

The Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) is a patient-level data set that captures key information generated as part of care within maternity service providers at each stage of the maternity care pathway including the antenatal pathway, the birth episode pathway, and the postnatal pathway. The antenatal pathway starts when the pregnant woman has her first antenatal appointment with her maternity provider, at around 10 weeks’ gestation. The MSDS continues to capture information until the date on which the mother ceased to be cared for in maternity services. Information on care prior to the first antenatal booking appointment or following discharge from maternity services is not contained in the MSDS.

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

2.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

NHS ENGLAND

Coverage

Start date

04/01/2015

End date

31/03/2019

Time lag

2-6 months

Geographic coverage

https://www.geonames.org/6269131/england.html

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

OPCS4, READ, SNOMED CT, NHS NATIONAL CODES, ODS, ICD10

Format

CSV

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars

Time to dataset access

Not applicable

Access request cost

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-charges

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

Once your DARS application has been approved, data will be made available either by secure file transfer or through the Data Access Environment (DAE).

Secure file transfer:

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/transfer-data-securely

DAE:

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-environment-dae"

Please note we will only pause the elapsed time when we require further detail or approvals from an external provider are required.

Data use requirements

Ethics approval required, Institution-specific restrictions, Project-specific restrictions, Time limit on use

Data Controller

NHS England (NHSE)

Data Processor