For the 2011-12 financial year, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) has collected over 17 million records detailing episodes of admitted patient care delivered by NHS hospitals in England. These records include details of each delivery which takes place in an NHS hospital. This information has been published in recent years in an annual statistical bulletin.
This is the fourteenth bulletin that has been published on this subject. It covers the period from April 2011 to March 2012 and draws on nearly 669,000 detailed records of deliveries in NHS hospitals.
NHS Maternity Statistics, 2011-12
33 tables and 2 graphs are available in one excel workbook which includes data on the following;
Place of delivery
Person conducting delivery
Anaesthetics
Method of onset and method of delivery
Episiotomy
Antenatal/postnatal stay
Complications
Gestation
Birth weight
Miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy
Provider-level analysis, 2011-12
The purpose of the provider-level analysis is to contribute to the improvement of both the quality and coverage of maternity data submitted to HES. It is hoped this will stimulate discussion and ultimately contribute to enhancements in patient care.
The provider level analysis provides information at national, strategic health authority, hospital provider and site level (where submitted) relating to:
Gestation period in weeks at first antenatal assessment date
Gestation length at delivery
Method of onset of labour
Method of delivery
Person conducting delivery
Place of delivery
Selected Maternity statistics
Spontaneous deliveries with episiotomy
Caesarean with postnatal stay 0-3 days
Total caesarean with anaesthetics
Unassisted deliveries
