During your labour and the birth, did you use any of the following to help relieve the pain?

Of those who had a labour.

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.
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.

Trust	Natural methods (e.g. breathing, massage)	Water or a birthing pool	TENS machine	Gas and air	Injection of pethidine or a similar painkiller	Epidural or similar	Other	I did not use any pain relief
ENGLAND	48.1%	10.7%	19.7%	80.7%	34.1%	29.4%	2.7%	6.6%
Airedale NHS Trust	50%	8%	21%	84%	45%	26%	4%	4%
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	21%	24%	81%	27%	27%	1%	7%
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust	39%	4%	14%	79%	40%	28%	7%	7%
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	10%	23%	72%	31%	31%	2%	6%
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	59%	5%	30%	86%	30%	21%	1%	10%
Barts and the London NHS Trust	44%	4%	6%	74%	21%	24%	2%	8%
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	34%	1%	11%	80%	36%	25%	2%	9%
Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust	46%	11%	27%	88%	24%	26%	0%	4%
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust	50%	16%	16%	82%	43%	28%	6%	6%
Birmingham Women’s Health care NHS Trust	52%	8%	22%	79%	35%	31%	1%	9%
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	6%	8%	84%	43%	30%	11%	11%
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust	39%	9%	17%	86%	44%	23%	4%	4%
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	38%	8%	11%	81%	24%	28%	4%	6%
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	61%	19%	25%	82%	13%	30%	3%	9%
Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	13%	17%	80%	23%	35%	2%	7%
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	12%	23%	74%	20%	30%	1%	8%
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust	49%	6%	22%	74%	46%	41%	2%	6%
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	44%	4%	12%	77%	35%	28%	3%	8%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	53%	14%	32%	77%	17%	37%	8%	8%
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust	34%	2%	9%	84%	43%	41%	7%	7%
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	44%	4%	24%	76%	27%	42%	1%	10%
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	53%	17%	28%	81%	39%	29%	4%	4%
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	36%	1%	19%	92%	49%	34%	0%	4%
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	45%	5%	21%	83%	55%	31%	1%	6%
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	42%	9%	20%	89%	58%	30%	4%	3%
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	31%	2%	13%	79%	39%	30%	0%	7%
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	43%	10%	17%	84%	43%	29%	5%	5%
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	54%	5%	20%	84%	54%	26%	2%	5%
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	54%	14%	35%	81%	29%	30%	2%	9%
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust	47%	14%	8%	87%	35%	20%	2%	7%
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust	45%	7%	4%	70%	13%	31%	0%	8%
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust	56%	11%	30%	85%	35%	26%	5%	5%
East Cheshire NHS Trust	60%	16%	30%	87%	37%	15%	3%	3%
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust	52%	15%	20%	80%	39%	24%	1%	5%
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	11%	8%	86%	43%	26%	3%	5%
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust	51%	23%	22%	80%	26%	31%	1%	7%
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	43%	6%	17%	72%	16%	42%	1%	11%
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust	54%	4%	21%	83%	42%	23%	3%	9%
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	47%	10%	29%	82%	27%	30%	2%	7%
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	46%	6%	15%	92%	58%	27%	2%	0%
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	44%	17%	17%	86%	37%	23%	6%	6%
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	52%	13%	30%	84%	27%	32%	1%	5%
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust (Former)	49%	11%	15%	79%	34%	29%	1%	9%
Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	49%	14%	11%	69%	5%	30%	2%	13%
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust	52%	18%	19%	65%	9%	44%	0%	8%
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	50%	7%	21%	77%	44%	42%	2%	6%
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	36%	7%	11%	81%	26%	19%	0%	9%
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	48%	9%	22%	78%	20%	32%	1%	6%
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust	48%	20%	20%	82%	36%	21%	3%	6%
Hinchingbrooke Health care NHS Trust	55%	10%	20%	82%	37%	32%	6%	6%
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	49%	8%	13%	75%	14%	37%	2%	6%
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	15%	20%	66%	28%	45%	2%	6%
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust	58%	12%	29%	78%	41%	31%	6%	6%
Isle Of Wight NHS PCT	57%	21%	47%	82%	24%	34%	0%	8%
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	42%	23%	13%	83%	27%	37%	4%	4%
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust	52%	10%	13%	89%	45%	16%	0%	5%
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	49%	25%	15%	61%	10%	21%	2%	21%
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust	57%	18%	30%	85%	29%	35%	5%	3%
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	53%	16%	26%	80%	27%	22%	2%	4%
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	8%	17%	81%	40%	39%	3%	5%
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust	39%	2%	12%	88%	58%	31%	2%	3%
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	39%	1%	18%	79%	22%	37%	7%	7%
Maidstone and Tunbridge wells NHS Trust	55%	15%	26%	76%	27%	30%	1%	10%
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust	42%	14%	16%	82%	34%	24%	1%	6%
Medway NHS Trust	45%	7%	16%	72%	40%	25%	2%	14%
Mid Essex Hospital services NHS Trust	52%	11%	28%	87%	41%	25%	7%	7%
Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	11%	22%	89%	48%	34%	3%	5%
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	40%	7%	9%	87%	48%	35%	2%	3%
Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust	43%	8%	16%	77%	52%	26%	2%	10%
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust	34%	5%	2%	68%	28%	20%	4%	13%
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust	52%	13%	22%	80%	22%	29%	3%	9%
North Bristol NHS Trust	59%	10%	25%	80%	27%	29%	2%	5%
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	34%	1%	16%	88%	46%	28%	2%	2%
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	16%	12%	84%	53%	13%	3%	6%
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	38%	6%	2%	54%	46%	21%	0%	16%
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust	34%	12%	15%	94%	58%	18%	1%	1%
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust	48%	8%	13%	72%	22%	35%	8%	8%
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust	47%	13%	12%	81%	27%	20%	2%	7%
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	52%	28%	29%	86%	24%	31%	3%	3%
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	43%	9%	26%	86%	50%	23%	3%	5%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	50%	8%	24%	89%	48%	21%	2%	4%
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	10%	25%	83%	34%	29%	3%	5%
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	11%	17%	80%	42%	20%	1%	5%
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	46%	14%	16%	79%	42%	28%	6%	6%
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	42%	3%	17%	83%	55%	39%	3%	3%
Poole Hospital NHS Trust	57%	18%	17%	84%	30%	35%	4%	4%
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	10%	19%	90%	33%	25%	4%	4%
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust	45%	9%	14%	73%	33%	31%	0%	12%
Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust	37%	7%	18%	81%	29%	30%	2%	8%
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	49%	9%	29%	77%	25%	34%	4%	11%
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	58%	7%	23%	81%	27%	41%	7%	7%
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	55%	8%	30%	80%	27%	35%	0%	7%
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust	51%	25%	18%	64%	12%	41%	2%	14%
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust	60%	7%	34%	80%	31%	38%	1%	6%
Royal West Sussex NHS Trust	48%	12%	23%	75%	29%	27%	4%	8%
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust	48%	11%	19%	80%	42%	34%	3%	5%
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	57%	19%	25%	79%	27%	29%	2%	7%
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	31%	2%	5%	80%	34%	20%	11%	11%
Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health care NHS Trust	44%	10%	16%	82%	51%	24%	5%	4%
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	53%	8%	21%	81%	28%	41%	2%	5%
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	50%	8%	16%	80%	40%	27%	2%	2%
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	51%	7%	22%	88%	43%	15%	3%	8%
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	55%	18%	23%	81%	36%	33%	7%	7%
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust	53%	12%	22%	82%	41%	23%	3%	6%
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust	39%	11%	8%	95%	49%	28%	2%	2%
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	52%	9%	40%	77%	31%	24%	6%	6%
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	21%	22%	78%	13%	29%	1%	8%
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	44%	9%	23%	81%	34%	34%	1%	5%
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	45%	10%	9%	93%	56%	23%	3%	1%
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust	57%	4%	24%	78%	18%	35%	2%	7%
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	35%	3%	8%	87%	41%	39%	2%	2%
St Mary's NHS Trust	52%	13%	16%	75%	13%	44%	2%	7%
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	60%	25%	18%	89%	17%	21%	4%	3%
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	50%	8%	23%	76%	29%	40%	3%	9%
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust	52%	12%	27%	91%	33%	33%	0%	1%
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust	41%	0%	8%	86%	54%	17%	1%	5%
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust	55%	8%	30%	80%	40%	22%	1%	9%
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust	50%	5%	12%	81%	42%	31%	0%	6%
The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust	39%	11%	16%	76%	17%	34%	1%	7%
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	7%	25%	83%	45%	21%	2%	9%
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	46%	14%	14%	86%	44%	38%	3%	4%
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	50%	4%	14%	74%	22%	39%	2%	9%
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital king’s Lynn NHS Trust	35%	16%	16%	82%	38%	34%	2%	8%
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	34%	6%	9%	86%	44%	19%	4%	4%
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	9%	11%	84%	23%	29%	0%	10%
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust	54%	6%	14%	70%	18%	41%	10%	10%
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust	61%	8%	39%	89%	47%	27%	0%	3%
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust	52%	13%	27%	82%	15%	30%	2%	6%
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust	61%	10%	34%	79%	32%	25%	7%	7%
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	55%	11%	18%	61%	26%	31%	10%	10%
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust	42%	7%	13%	87%	52%	25%	2%	2%
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust	50%	6%	22%	80%	39%	34%	6%	6%
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	38%	8%	15%	85%	35%	26%	5%	5%
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	45%	11%	23%	71%	12%	39%	1%	11%
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust	54%	20%	26%	78%	51%	18%	1%	2%
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	2%	18%	82%	26%	33%	0%	9%
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	49%	19%	25%	76%	22%	33%	8%	8%
West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	57%	25%	18%	74%	16%	40%	3%	11%
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	11%	30%	82%	51%	25%	0%	4%
Whips Cross University Hospital NHS Trust	48%	12%	13%	72%	27%	18%	2%	12%
Wiltshire PCT	54%	28%	28%	75%	25%	21%	2%	9%
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	59%	14%	31%	75%	25%	37%	1%	9%
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	42%	1%	32%	89%	58%	26%	3%	3%
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	51%	9%	28%	86%	37%	23%	2%	5%
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust	58%	27%	17%	83%	5%	30%	1%	6%
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust	36%	2%	12%	92%	66%	24%	1%	2%
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	59%	10%	31%	81%	36%	28%	1%	6%
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	56%	13%	21%	83%	53%	33%	2%	3%
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
Weston Area Health NHS Trust
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust