Hospitals With Highest and Lowest Instrumental Delivery 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

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Nottingham University Hospital QMC Campus

16.3%

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

16%

Rosie Maternity Hospital

15.9%

Darlington Memorial Hospital

15.8%

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

15.6%

Lowest Rates

 

Burnley General Hospital

6.4%

George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton

6.1%

Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich

5.8%

Newham Hospital

5.6%

Trafford General Hospital

5.5%

Scotland (2005)

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

17.1%

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

17.1%

Borders General Hospital, Melrose

14.8%

The Queen Mother’s Hospital, Glasgow

14.8%

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

14%

Lowest Rates

 

Raigmore Hospital, Inverness

10%

St John's at Howden, Livingston

9.4%

Forth Park Maternity Hospital, Kirkcaldy

6.6%

Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

6.1%

Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

1.7%

Wales (2007)

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor

14.6%

Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor

13.5%

University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

12.9%

Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Rhyl

12.7%

Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor

12.6%

Lowest Rates

 

Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth

6.4%

Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr

6.2%

Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantristant

5.5%

Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest

5.1%

Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantristant

5.1%

English Regions (2006)

Eastern

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Rosie Maternity Hospital

15.9%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn

14.2%

Norfolk And Norwich University Hospital

14%

Peterborough Maternity Unit

13.4%

Basildon Hospital

12.1%

Lowest Rates

 

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow

10.1%

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

10%

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds

9.9%

St John's Hospital, Chelmsford

9.3%

Southend Hospital

7.6%

London

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

14.2%

Whittington Hospital, Highgate

14.2%

St Mary's Hospital, Paddington

14%

Kingston Hospital

13.6%

Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup

13.3%

Lowest Rates

 

North Middlesex Hospital

7.7%

Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield

7.6%

Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone

7.3%

King George Hospital, Ilford

7.2%

Newham Hospital

5.6%

North West

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Wythenshawe Hospital

14.2%

Victoria Hospital, Blackpool

13.6%

St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

12.9%

Countess of Chester Hospital

12.4%

Leighton Hospital, Crewe

12.4%

Lowest Rates

 

The Royal Oldham Hospital

8.1%

Rochdale Infirmary

8.1%

North Manchester General Hospital

8.1%

Fairfield General Hospital, Bury

8.1%

Burnley General Hospital

6.4%

Trafford General Hospital

5.5%

Northern and Yorkshire

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

16%

Darlington Memorial Hospital

15.8%

Harrogate District Hospital

13.6%

Sunderland Royal Hospital

13.1%

South Tyneside District Hospital

12.5%

Lowest Rates

 

University Hospital of North Tees

8.6%

University Hospital of Hartlepool

8.6%

Bradford Royal Infirmary

8.3%

Dewsbury and District Hospital

8.2%

Airedale General Hospital

8%

South East

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

15.6%

St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey

15.3%

Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham

15.1%

Wycombe Hospital

15%

Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury

14.4%

Lowest Rates

 

Milton Keynes General Hospital

9.2%

Eastbourne DGH

9.1%

Conquest Hospital, St Leonards on Sea

9.1%

St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight

8.3%

Kettering General Hospital

6.8%

South West

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Cheltenham General Hospital

14.8%

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

14.8%

St Michael's Hospital, Bristol

12.8%

Southmead Hospital, Bristol

12.7%

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon

12.5%

Lowest Rates

 

Southmead Hospital, Bristol

12.7%

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon

12.5%

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

12.2%

Royal Devon and Exeter Wonford Hospital

10.2%

Dorset County Hospital

10.1%

Trent

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Nottingham University Hospital QMC Campus

16.3%

Rotherham General Hospital

14.1%

Bassetlaw DGH, Worksop

12.9%

Kings Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

12.9%

Leicester General Hospital

12.5%

Leicester Royal Infirmary

12.5%

Lowest Rates

 

Scunthorpe General Hospital

9.5%

Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby

9.5%

Lincoln County Hospital

9%

Chesterfield & N. Derbyshire Royal Hospital

9%

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

7.9%

West Midlands

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Warwick Hospital

13.2%

Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent

12.7%

Staffordshire General Hospital

11.7%

Birmingham Women's Hospital

11.5%

Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield

10.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Solihull Hospital

7.2%

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

7.2%

County Hospital, Hereford

6.9%

George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton

6.1%

Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich

5.8%