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COVID-19 Vaccinations in Pregnancy in Scotland Edit

This dataset presents information on COVID-19 vaccinations delivered to pregnant women in Scotland.\r\n\r\nIn Scotland the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been used since the start of the vaccination programme on 8 December 2020. The Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine has been used from 4 January 2021 and the Moderna vaccine from 7 April 2021. \r\n\r\nWomen can receive a first or second dose, or both doses, of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, depending on when they become eligible for vaccination and how this relates to the dates of their pregnancy.\r\n\r\nPHS has generated this information on COVID-19 vaccinations delivered to pregnant women by linking national data on vaccinations to the COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study database of pregnant women in Scotland.\r\n\r\nAs part of the COPS study, PHS is regularly linking together a wide range of health records to identify women who are, or recently have been, pregnant. The specific records used include:\r\n\r\n- Records of booking for antenatal care\r\n- GP records relating to miscarriage\r\n- Hospital discharge records relating to miscarriage or delivery of a live or stillborn baby\r\n- Statutory termination of pregnancy notification records\r\n- Statutory live or stillbirth registration records\r\n- NHS live birth notification records.\r\n\r\nUsing these records, we have identified all women in Scotland who were pregnant on 1 March 2020 (the start of the COVID-19 pandemic), and all women who have subsequently become pregnant. \r\n\r\nThe study database is refreshed every month with new pregnancies added to the database, and previous records of ongoing pregnancies updated as required, for example if a woman has recently delivered her baby.\r\n\r\nFurther details on the COPS study are available on the Usher Institute webpage and PHS github page.\r\n

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License UK Open Government Licence v3.0
Category Health and Social Care
Maintainer Public Health Scotland
Date Created 2021-07-12
Date Updated 2021-10-06
Original dataset link https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/covid-19-vaccinations-in-pregnancy-in-scotland

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