for health and social care image

The Information Centre logo
HESonline logo

IN THIS SITE...

spacer

HES Data Dictionary

Search Data Dictionary

HES field name Status of person conducting delivery
Field delstat
Class Maternity
Length and format 1n
Availability
Description

This field normally provides the status of the person conducting the delivery. When a student delivers the baby, the code of the supervisor should be given.

This item appears for each baby on multiple birth delivery records.

Value

1 = Hospital doctor

2 = General practitioner

3 = Midwife

8 = Other than above

9 = Not known: validation error

Data cleaning
Rule 710
Rule 753

Back to Search Results


Copyright � 2005-2012, The Health and Social Care Information Centre. All Rights Reserved.