Maternity and Neonatal Operational Pressures Escalation Level Data Collection
Provides NHS England (NHSE) regions and their maternity and neonatal services with daily data required to facilitate the arrangement of mutual aid in line with an agreed Operational Pressures Escalation Level (OPEL) framework.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- OPEL
- Maternity and Neonatal Operational Pressures Escalation Level (OPEL) Data Collection
- Reference code
- DAPB4067
- Status
- Draft in progress
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- Standard type
- Collections
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
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- Documentation
- Not Available
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Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Clinical decision support
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Key care information
- Care setting
- Maternity
More information
NHSE will also be provided with a fortnightly cut of the data to inform the Perinatal Quality Surveillance Model of when a service might be becoming vulnerable to poor outcomes so the appropriate support can be channelled.
Page last updated: 25 April 2024