A Maternity Episode is a period of Antenatal, Labour And Delivery and Postnatal care, and is defined for the purposes of the Maternity Services Secondary Uses Data Set.
A Maternity Episode may be associated with Fetus Episodes, Hospital Provider Spells, Labour and Deliveries, Maternity Domiciliary Visits and Midwife Episodes.
A Maternity Episode will end:
- following discharge from maternity services for the mother;
- either following discharge from maternity services or discharge from a neonatal unit for a baby, whichever is later.
This supporting information is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | Maternity Episodes |