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  • Public Health Data
  • Maternal Health Informatics

Background:

  • The Maternity Services Dataset (MSDS) is a key administrative resource for NHS-funded maternity services in England.
  • It captures the complete maternity care pathway, with two versions: V1.5 (May 2015-March 2019) and V2.0 (April 2019 onwards).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the structure, content, and utility of the MSDS for monitoring, commissioning, auditing, and research.
  • To highlight the dataset's potential for improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes through data-driven insights.

Main Methods:

  • MSDS is a secondary-use dataset, with monthly submissions from trusts to NHS England.
  • Data includes demographic, clinical, and organizational information for pregnant individuals and newborns.
  • Patient identifiers allow linkage with other NHS datasets, such as Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).

Main Results:

  • The dataset contains detailed information on appointments, diagnoses, delivery, birthweight, and neonatal admissions.
  • Data quality varies, with mandatory fields ensuring essential data presence but inconsistencies in optional/required fields.
  • Coverage has improved, with enhanced usability from the 2018/2019 financial year.

Conclusions:

  • The MSDS is a valuable resource for national and local health service planning and major audits.
  • Limited research uptake to date is attributed to its novelty, but this is expected to increase with improved coverage and data availability.
  • The dataset's wealth of unique maternity pathway information makes it crucial for pregnancy-related research, with access managed by NHS England.