Scope

The scope of the data is as follows:

•     The Maternity Indicators Data Set captures data relating to the woman at initial assessment and to mother and baby (or babies) for all births.  This relates to initial assessment and birth activity undertaken in Wales only. Each Health Board must make available data in relation to the initial assessments and/or birth events which they managed.

o  For example, if they only carried out the initial assessment the Health Board would only be required to provide the initial assessment data. 

o  Where the initial assessment and birth events take place in different Health Boards, data will be linked nationally by Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW).

•     Velindre NHS Trust are excluded from this requirement, as they do not provide any maternity services.

•     Monthly activity data. No initial assessment activity that took place prior to 1^st April 2014 or birth activity that took place prior to 1^st April 2015 should be included.  All activity from those dates onwards, up until and including the day prior to the start of the current month should be included.