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
Births
Gestation length at birth
8% of babies were born premature
Delivery method
The decision on the method of delivery should take into account women's needs and preferences. Caesareans can be performed electively, or as an emergency where it is clinically required.
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