While your baby was being born were you given an episiotomy (cut)?

Of those who had a vaginal delivery.

Results of a survey carried out by the Healthcare Commission to find out what women think about the maternity care they have received.

	Significantly a lot above the average for England.
	Significantly above the average for England.
	Not significantly different from the average for England.
	Significantly below the average for England.
	Significantly a lot below the average for England.
See bottom of page for notes on statistical significance.

Trust	Yes	No
ENGLAND	23.8%	76.2%
Airedale NHS Trust	30%	70%
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust	27%	73%
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust	33%	67%
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	26%	74%
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	18%	82%
Barts and the London NHS Trust	28%	72%
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	27%	73%
Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust	27%	73%
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust	24%	76%
Birmingham Women’s Health care NHS Trust	26%	74%
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust	21%	79%
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust	22%	78%
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	30%	70%
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	26%	74%
Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust	15%	85%
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust	24%	76%
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust	34%	66%
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	21%	79%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	27%	73%
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust	30%	70%
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	24%	76%
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	21%	79%
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	27%	73%
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	35%	65%
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	25%	75%
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	23%	77%
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	32%	68%
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	22%	78%
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	16%	84%
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust	12%	88%
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust	40%	60%
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust	19%	81%
East Cheshire NHS Trust	23%	77%
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust	28%	72%
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	23%	77%
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust	22%	78%
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	29%	71%
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust	15%	85%
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	18%	82%
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	30%	70%
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	32%	68%
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	21%	79%
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust (Former)	21%	79%
Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	17%	83%
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust	29%	71%
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	22%	78%
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	23%	77%
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	23%	77%
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust	20%	80%
Hinchingbrooke Health care NHS Trust	21%	79%
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	19%	81%
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	17%	83%
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust	23%	77%
Isle Of Wight NHS PCT	24%	76%
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	17%	83%
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust	25%	75%
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	18%	82%
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust	20%	80%
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	23%	77%
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	28%	72%
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust	29%	71%
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	31%	69%
Maidstone and Tunbridge wells NHS Trust	24%	76%
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust	23%	77%
Medway NHS Trust	21%	79%
Mid Essex Hospital services NHS Trust	28%	72%
Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	22%	78%
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	22%	78%
Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust	17%	83%
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust	34%	66%
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust	22%	78%
North Bristol NHS Trust	22%	78%
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	29%	71%
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	13%	87%
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	33%	67%
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust	30%	70%
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust	41%	59%
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust	18%	82%
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	15%	85%
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	23%	77%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	22%	78%
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	24%	76%
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	24%	76%
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	30%	70%
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	23%	77%
Poole Hospital NHS Trust	26%	74%
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust	21%	79%
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust	18%	82%
Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust	21%	79%
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	34%	66%
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	20%	80%
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	20%	80%
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust	21%	79%
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust	21%	79%
Royal West Sussex NHS Trust	22%	78%
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust	21%	79%
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	22%	78%
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	27%	73%
Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health care NHS Trust	17%	83%
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	28%	72%
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	19%	81%
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	23%	77%
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	15%	85%
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust	17%	83%
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust	21%	79%
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	32%	68%
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	27%	73%
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	20%	80%
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	26%	74%
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust	22%	78%
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	30%	70%
St Mary's NHS Trust	20%	80%
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	14%	86%
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	16%	84%
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust	28%	72%
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust	17%	83%
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust	20%	80%
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust	38%	62%
The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust	31%	69%
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	24%	76%
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	30%	70%
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	19%	81%
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital king’s Lynn NHS Trust	20%	80%
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	25%	75%
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	18%	82%
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust	28%	72%
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust	21%	79%
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust	16%	84%
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust	19%	81%
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	18%	82%
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust	26%	74%
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust	28%	72%
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	35%	65%
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	26%	74%
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust	26%	74%
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust	25%	75%
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	21%	79%
West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	28%	72%
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust	14%	86%
Whips Cross University Hospital NHS Trust	25%	75%
Wiltshire PCT	18%	82%
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	30%	70%
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	27%	73%
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	19%	81%
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust	16%	84%
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust	34%	66%
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	24%	76%
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	25%	75%
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
Weston Area Health NHS Trust
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Notes on Statistical Significance

Because the sample sizes are quite small, a number that deviates from the average for England is not necessarily statistically significantly different from the English average.
Two trusts may show the same percentage response, but it is possible that only one of them is marked as significantly different to the English average. This is because the survey sample size varies with trust.
This data should not be used to rank trusts (generate league tables) as the precise ordering can not be ascertained due to the inherent inaccuracies of small sample surveys.

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