Hospitals With Highest and Lowest Induction 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

Induction Rate

City Hospital, Birmingham

39%

Lincoln County Hospital

29.6%

Furness General Hospital

29.4%

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

29.4%

Bradford Royal Infirmary

28.5%

Lowest Rates

 

St Georges Hospital, Tooting

12.1%

North Middlesex Hospital

11.3%

Southend Hospital

10.6%

Royal Free Hospital. Hampstead

7.2%

Milton Keynes General Hospital

5.9%

Scotland (2005)

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

44%

Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin

30.3%

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

27.5%

The Queen Mother’s Hospital, Glasgow

26.8%

Princess Royal Maternity Hospital

26.4%

Lowest Rates

 

Wishaw General Hospital

23.1%

Stirling Royal Infirmary

22.2%

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

22%

Borders General Hospital, Melrose

20.9%

Ayrshire Central and Maternity Hospital

19.7%

English Regions (2006)

Eastern

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Colchester General Hospital

26.5%

Bedford Hospital

23.2%

Rosie Maternity Hospital

22.8%

James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth

22.3%

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

21.9%

Lowest Rates

 

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds

17.4%

Luton & Dunstable Hospital

15.9%

Basildon Hospital

13.8%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn

13%

Southend Hospital

10.6%

London

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

St Thomas' Hospital

22.1%

Newham Hospital

20.3%

Kingston Hospital

19.9%

Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup

19.8%

Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge

19.4%

Lowest Rates

 

Mayday Hospital, Croydon

14.1%

Barnet General Hospital

13.7%

St Georges Hospital, Tooting

12.1%

North Middlesex Hospital

11.3%

Royal Free Hospital. Hampstead

7.2%

North West

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Furness General Hospital

29.4%

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

29.4%

Liverpool Women's Hospital

28.2%

Ormskirk DGH

27.9%

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan

25.7%

Lowest Rates

 

Macclesfield DGH

18.6%

Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport

18.2%

Royal Blackburn Hospital

17.9%

St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

16.9%

Sharoe Green Unit, Royal Preston Hospital

15.6%

Northern and Yorkshire

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Bradford Royal Infirmary

28.5%

South Tyneside District Hospital

26.9%

Harrogate District Hospital

25.2%

Sunderland Royal Hospital

23.4%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

23%

Lowest Rates

 

Wansbeck General Hospital

18.2%

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

18.2%

Darlington Memorial Hospital

17.7%

St James's University Hospital, Leeds

15.4%

Leeds General Infirmary

15.4%

Calderdale Royal Hospital

15%

South East

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

26.2%

Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford

25%

Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham

24.4%

Horton Hospital, Banbury

24.3%

Royal Surrey County Hospital. Guildford

22.6%

Lowest Rates

 

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital

15.8%

St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight

15%

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

13.7%

Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester

12.3%

Milton Keynes General Hospital

5.9%

South West

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Poole Hospital

27.2%

Royal Devon and Exeter Wonford Hospital

25.3%

Musgrove Park Hospital

24.2%

Cheltenham General Hospital

22.8%

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

22.8%

Lowest Rates

 

St Michael's Hospital, Bristol

21.7%

Southmead Hospital, Bristol

21%

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

20%

Yeovil District Hospital

19.2%

Dorset County Hospital

18.8%

Trent

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Lincoln County Hospital

29.6%

Kings Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

27.6%

Pilgrim Hospital, Boston

25.4%

Chesterfield & N. Derbyshire Royal Hospital

24%

Barnsley DGH

23.8%

Lowest Rates

 

Leicester Royal Infirmary

20.6%

Leicester General Hospital

20.6%

Nottingham University Hospital City Hospital Campus

19.6%

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Jessop Wing

19.4%

Rotherham General Hospital

19.2%

Bassetlaw DGH, Worksop

18.9%

West Midlands

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

City Hospital, Birmingham

39%

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

27.8%

Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent

27.2%

Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield

25.8%

Staffordshire General Hospital

24.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich

19.5%

Warwick Hospital

19.3%

Birmingham Women's Hospital

18.8%

Solihull Hospital

17.5%

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

17.5%