Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2025 | Updated: 60 days ago
Pregnancy outcomes in women who have undergone induction of labour: electronic health record cohort
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
This study aims to describe outcomes in maternity services to identify changes that may be occurring in maternity services over the past years, such as rates, complications and characteristics of induced pregnancies compared to similar, non-induced pregnancies, to contribute to evidence about the safety or lack of safety of inductions, inform women about likely outcomes of inductions, and identify trends in practice following changes in guidelines.
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) will be used from several maternity services in West Midlands that see around 20,000 pregnancies each year. These records are routinely collected by healthcare workers and contain valuable information on pregnancy care. Pregnancies will be looked at where induction of labour was recorded and compare their risk factors with pregnancies without induction, and also use data about age, ethnicity, smoking and weight.
Coverage
Spatial:
West Midlands
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Study
Sources:
EPR
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Distribution Release Date:
11 August 2025
Start Date:
01 January 2020
End Date:
31 July 2025
Time Lag:
Variable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Information Governance and Ethics - West Midlands Secure Data Environment (https://westmidlandssde.nhs.uk/information-governance-and-ethics)
Access Service:
Data Request Process - West Midlands Secure Data Environment
(https://westmidlandssde.nhs.uk/research/data-request)
Access Request Cost:
Please email wmsde@uhb.nhs.uk
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Jurisdictions:
GB
Data Controller:
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Data Processor:
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
- Research-specific restrictions
- Research use only
Data Use Requirements:
Project-specific restrictions
Resource Creators:
This publication uses data from WMSDE, an ethically approved NHS Secure Data Environment (NRES Reference 24/YH/0022)
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
OTHER
Conforms To:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV