Hospitals With Highest and Lowest Normal Birth Rate

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

Sources of data:

For England, Department of Health Statistical Bulletin²¹
For Scotland, NHS Scotland Sexual and Reproductive Health Statistics²²
For Wales, the All Wales Perinatal Survey²³

England (2006)

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
Barnet General Hospital	59.3%
North Middlesex Hospital	58.3%
University Hospital of Hartlepool	58.3%
University Hospital of North Tees	58.3%
Milton Keynes General Hospital	57.6%
Lowest Rates
Kingston Hospital	38.1%
City Hospital, Birmingham	36.9%
Rosie Maternity Hospital	36.5%
Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital	31.5%
St Mary's Hospital, Paddington	31.1%

Scotland (2005)

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
Forth Park Maternity Hospital, Kirkcaldy	51%
Stirling Royal Infirmary	46%
Borders General Hospital, Melrose	45.1%
Wishaw General Hospital	44.5%
Ayrshire Central and Maternity Hospital	42.1%
Lowest Rates
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow	37.4%
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley	35.7%
Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary	30.8%
The Queen Mother’s Hospital, Glasgow	30.6%
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	22.1%

English Regions (2006)

Eastern

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon	56.7%
Luton & Dunstable Hospital	51.1%
Lister Hospital, Stevenage	50%
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn	50%
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow	49.9%
Lowest Rates
Colchester General Hospital	43.2%
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospital	42.5%
James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth	41.6%
Bedford Hospital	41.6%
Rosie Maternity Hospital	36.5%

London

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
Barnet General Hospital	59.3%
North Middlesex Hospital	58.3%
Homerton Hospital	54.5%
Ealing Hospital, Southall	52.8%
Newham Hospital	52.8%
Lowest Rates
St Thomas' Hospital	44.8%
Royal Free Hospital. Hampstead	41.4%
Kingston Hospital	38.1%
Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital	31.5%
St Mary's Hospital, Paddington	31.1%

North West

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
Fairfield General Hospital, Bury	52.2%
North Manchester General Hospital	52.2%
Rochdale Infirmary	52.2%
The Royal Oldham Hospital	52.2%
Royal Blackburn Hospital	50.9%
Lowest Rates
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan	43.5%
Ormskirk DGH	43.5%
Victoria Hospital, Blackpool	41.6%
Arrowe Park Hospital, Birkenhead	41.5%
Wythenshawe Hospital	38.2%

Northern and Yorkshire

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
University Hospital of Hartlepool	58.3%
University Hospital of North Tees	58.3%
Wansbeck General Hospital	53.7%
Pontefract General Infirmary	53.1%
Dewsbury and District Hospital	52.8%
Lowest Rates
South Tyneside District Hospital	47%
Darlington Memorial Hospital	45.3%
Airedale General Hospital	44.9%
St James's University Hospital, Leeds	42.6%
Leeds General Infirmary	42.6%

South East

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
Milton Keynes General Hospital	57.6%
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital	56.8%
Northampton General Hospital	53.1%
St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight	52.8%
Kettering General Hospital	51%
Lowest Rates
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury	41.5%
Wycombe Hospital	40.9%
St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey	40.6%
Horton Hospital, Banbury	40.2%
The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford	39.6%

South West

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
St Michael's Hospital, Bristol	47%
Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro	46.9%
Musgrove Park Hospital	42.7%
Cheltenham General Hospital	42.5%
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital	42.5%
Lowest Rates
Musgrove Park Hospital	42.7%
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital	42.5%
Cheltenham General Hospital	42.5%
Southmead Hospital, Bristol	40.3%
Royal Devon and Exeter Wonford Hospital	39.6%

Trent

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby	49.8%
Scunthorpe General Hospital	49.8%
Rotherham General Hospital	49.7%
Bassetlaw DGH, Worksop	49.6%
Chesterfield & N. Derbyshire Royal Hospital	49.6%
Doncaster Royal Infirmary	49.6%
Lowest Rates
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Jessop Wing	46.1%
Nottingham University Hospital QMC Campus	45.1%
Leicester Royal Infirmary	43.1%
Leicester General Hospital	43.1%
Lincoln County Hospital	42.5%

West Midlands

Highest Rates	Normal Birth Rate
George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton	49.7%
Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield	49.2%
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital	48.2%
Staffordshire General Hospital	48.1%
Birmingham Women's Hospital	47.7%
Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich	47.7%
Lowest Rates
County Hospital, Hereford	47.4%
Warwick Hospital	45.7%
Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent	44.1%
University Hospital, Coventry	44%
City Hospital, Birmingham	36.9%