Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) v2

Agreements naming it

32

In term in September 2026

28

Organisations

24

Files released

2,910

Files released counts only files released externally by DARS. Access granted in NHS England's own systems, such as its Secure Data Environment, is not included.

How the register describes it

Recorded against the dataset on each agreement, and not always the same from one agreement to the next, so every value found is listed.

Type of data

• Anonymised - ICO Code Compliant
• Identifiable

Sensitivity

• Non-Sensitive
• Sensitive

Frequency of release

• One-Off
• Ongoing
• System Access

Legal basis for provision

• Consent (Reasonable Expectation)
• Health and Social Care Act 2012 - s261(5)(d)
• Health and Social Care Act 2012 – s261(2)(a)
• Health and Social Care Act 2012 – s261(2)(c)
• National Health Service Act 2006 - s251 - 'Control of patient information'.
• Other-Regulation 3 of The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002
• Other-Statistics and Registration Services Act (2007) Section 45C

Organisations whose agreements name it (24)

Files released by month

From January 2020, as on the files released over time page, which says why.

Agreements covering this dataset

Showing all 32 agreements.

Files: files of this dataset released under the agreement, across all its versions.