Publication, Part of Maternity Services Monthly Statistics
Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, Final July 2025, Provisional August 2025, official statistics
Official statistics
Pages to be retired
Following a review of use statistics for the pages of this publication, the following pages will no longer be included in future monthly publications (with effect from August 2025 final data to be published in November):
- Antenatal booking appointments
- Births
- Babies
All data breakdowns previously reported on these pages will continue to be included in the data files available to download from the Overview page.
23 October 2025 09:30 AM
Measures csv files - Organisation names
The July Final and August Provisional Measures csv files have been replaced. The update corrects some variation in values shown in the Org Name column for ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (RA2) and EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE NHS TRUST (RWH).
19 November 2025 15:23 PM
Antenatal booking appointments
Gestational age at booking appointment
At the booking appointment, the woman will be given information relating to the baby's development stages, nutrition and screening tests available.
NICE recommends that this appointment should ideally take place before 10 weeks' gestation.
66% of booking appointments were at or before 10 weeks' gestation.
Booking after more than 20 weeks of pregnancy accounted for 6% per cent of booking appointments.
Smoking Status of Women at booking appointment
Smoking during pregnancy, or living with someone who smokes, can affect the baby both before and after birth.
At the time of their booking appointment, 10% of women with a recorded smoking status were smokers, and 90% were non-smokers.
Of all women 94% had a recorded smoking status.
Complex social factors
Women with complex social factors may need additional support to use antenatal care services.
11% of women attending a booking appointment had complex social factors recorded, and 83% had a recording of no complex social factors.
Of all women, 94% had a recorded complex social factors status.
Personalised care
The NHS Long Term Plan and the accompanying guidance, Universal Personalised Care, made commitments to delivering choice and personalisation in maternity services, complimenting the recommendations in the national maternity review, Better Births.
When a Personalised Care and Support Plan (PCSP) has been agreed, this should be recorded and submitted.
114 trusts have reported that PCSPs are in place for a total of 163,605 women. This is one more trust compared to last month.
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.
Last edited: 19 November 2025 3:23 pm