Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 2 days ago

Maternity and Neonatal Operational Pressures Escalation Level Data Collection

Dataset

Summary

Type:
Collections
Topics:
  • Clinical decision support
  • Data definitions and terminologies
  • Key care information
Care Settings:
Maternity
Alternate Name:
  • OPEL
  • Maternity and Neonatal Operational Pressures Escalation Level (OPEL) Data Collection

Documentation

Description:

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.