Hospitals With Highest and Lowest Caesarean Rates

Restricted to consultant units with more than 500 births per year, and those units for which data exists.

Sources of data:

England (2006)

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

33.8%

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

32%

St Mary's Hospital, Paddington

31%

Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich

30.4%

East Surrey Hospital, Redhill

29.7%

Lowest Rates

 

Staffordshire General Hospital

16.8%

Pontefract General Infirmary

16.8%

Kings Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

16.7%

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

14.8%

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

13.9%

Scotland (2005)

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

The Queen Mother’s Hospital, Glasgow

30.6%

Raigmore Hospital, Inverness

29.9%

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

29.3%

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

27.8%

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

27.6%

Lowest Rates

 

Wishaw General Hospital

22.5%

Forth Park Maternity Hospital, Kirkcaldy

21.8%

Borders General Hospital, Melrose

20.7%

Stirling Royal Infirmary

20.1%

Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin

13.9%

Wales (2007)

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr

34%

Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr

32.9%

Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantristant

32.3%

Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantristant

31.5%

Singleton Hospital, Swansea

31.1%

Lowest Rates

 

Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr

13.2%

Singleton Hospital, Swansea

13%

Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr

12.9%

Singleton Hospital, Swansea

12.7%

Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth

12.3%

English Regions (2006)

Eastern

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Southend Hospital

29.6%

Rosie Maternity Hospital

28.2%

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds

28.1%

St John's Hospital, Chelmsford

27.7%

Watford General Hospital

26.5%

Lowest Rates

 

Peterborough Maternity Unit

22.1%

James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth

21.5%

Colchester General Hospital

21%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn

19.6%

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

14.8%

London

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

33.8%

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

32%

St Mary's Hospital, Paddington

31%

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital

29.4%

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow

28.9%

Lowest Rates

 

North Middlesex Hospital

22.5%

West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth

22.4%

Barnet General Hospital

22%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

20.7%

King George Hospital, Ilford

20.6%

North West

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Wythenshawe Hospital

27.8%

Warrington Hospital

26.5%

Countess of Chester Hospital

26%

Macclesfield DGH

25.9%

Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport

23.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

20.8%

Furness General Hospital

20.8%

Leighton Hospital, Crewe

19.3%

St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

19.1%

Tameside General Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne

17.5%

Northern and Yorkshire

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Airedale General Hospital

27.5%

Harrogate District Hospital

25.2%

York District Hospital

23.5%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

23.4%

Calderdale Royal Hospital

23%

Lowest Rates

 

St James's University Hospital, Leeds

19.9%

Leeds General Infirmary

19.9%

Bradford Royal Infirmary

19.6%

Scarborough General Hospital

17.9%

Sunderland Royal Hospital

17.8%

Pontefract General Infirmary

16.8%

South East

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

East Surrey Hospital, Redhill

29.7%

Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath

28.9%

Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton

28.9%

Epsom General Hospital

27.8%

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

26.9%

Lowest Rates

 

St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight

21.5%

William Harvey Hospital, Ashford

20.3%

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital

20.3%

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

19.8%

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital

17.9%

South West

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon

27.4%

Royal Devon and Exeter Wonford Hospital

27.3%

Dorset County Hospital

26.2%

Southmead Hospital, Bristol

26%

Musgrove Park Hospital

25.8%

Salisbury District Hospital

25.8%

Lowest Rates

 

Torbay Hospital

22.7%

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

22.7%

Cheltenham General Hospital

22.7%

Yeovil District Hospital

21.6%

Royal United Hospital, Bath

20.9%

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

20.9%

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

20.4%

Trent

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Derby City General Hospital

24.8%

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Jessop Wing

23.6%

Bassetlaw DGH, Worksop

22.6%

Lincoln County Hospital

22.3%

Nottingham University Hospital QMC Campus

20.7%

Lowest Rates

 

Nottingham University Hospital City Hospital Campus

18.4%

Rotherham General Hospital

18.3%

Chesterfield & N. Derbyshire Royal Hospital

18.3%

Barnsley DGH

18.2%

Kings Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

16.7%

West Midlands

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich

30.4%

Manor Hospital, Walsall

28%

University Hospital, Coventry

26.6%

Alexandra Hospital, Redditch

26.4%

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

26.4%

Lowest Rates

 

City Hospital, Birmingham

23.4%

Birmingham Women's Hospital

23.4%

Solihull Hospital

23%

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

23%

Staffordshire General Hospital

16.8%

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

13.9%