National Maternity Operational Pressures Situational Report
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.
Contents
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- OPEL
- Maternity and Neonatal Operational Pressures Escalation Level (OPEL) Data Collection
- Formerly called - COVID-19: Maternity COVID Service Alterations
- Reference code
- DAPB4067
- Status
- Active
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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.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
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- Contact point
england.standards.assurance@nhs.net
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Clinical decision support
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Key care information
- Care setting
- Maternity
Review Information
- Approval date
- 16 September 2025
- Technical Committee
Data Assurance Board (DAB)
Legal basis
- Legal authority
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2022
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: 11 December 2025