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 (2011)

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

36.3%

Newham Hospital

34.2%

Broomfield Hospital

32.6%

Barnet General Hospital

32.3%

The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, UCH

32.3%

Lowest Rates

 

St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

17.8%

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

17.8%

South Tyneside District Hospital

17.5%

Kings Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

17.1%

Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby

16.2%

Staffordshire General Hospital

15.4%

Scotland (2010)

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Princess Royal Maternity Hospital

32.0%

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

31.9%

Ayrshire Maternity Unit, Crosshouse Hospital

28.8%

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

28.4%

St John's at Howden, Livingston

28.0%

Lowest Rates

 

Wishaw General Hospital

25.4%

Stirling Royal Infirmary

24.9%

Forth Park Maternity Hospital, Kirkcaldy

21.6%

Borders General Hospital, Melrose

19.4%

Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin

17.5%

Wales (2011)

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantristant

34.3%

West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen

31.8%

Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth

30.3%

Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest

29.6%

Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Rhyl

29.5%

Lowest Rates

 

Singleton Hospital, Swansea

27.3%

Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport

25.7%

Ysbyty Wrexham Maelor

24.1%

Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor

23.6%

University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

23.5%

English Regions (2011)

Eastern

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Broomfield Hospital

32.6%

Southend Hospital

29.3%

Colchester General Hospital

28.9%

Rosie Maternity Hospital

28.4%

Watford General Hospital

27.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

23.4%

Peterborough Maternity Unit

22.8%

Norfolk And Norwich University Hospital

22.2%

Bedford Hospital

22.2%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn

21.9%

London

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

36.3%

Newham Hospital

34.2%

Barnet General Hospital

32.3%

The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, UCH

32.3%

St Mary's Hospital, Paddington

32.1%

Lowest Rates

 

North Middlesex Hospital

25.2%

Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington

25.0%

West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth

24.2%

St Georges Hospital, Tooting

23.8%

Croydon University Hospital

23.5%

Nort West

North West

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Furness General Hospital

26.5%

Ormskirk DGH

26.5%

Victoria Hospital, Blackpool

26.0%

Burnley General Hospital

25.9%

Wythenshawe Hospital

25.7%

Lowest Rates

 

Royal Bolton Hospital

22.2%

Arrowe Park Hospital, Birkenhead

21.7%

Tameside General Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne

21.0%

North Manchester General Hospital

19.6%

St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

17.8%

Northern and Yorkshire

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

York District Hospital

27.0%

Harrogate District Hospital

26.0%

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

25.6%

Wansbeck General Hospital

25.6%

Calderdale Royal Hospital

25.0%

Lowest Rates

 

St James's University Hospital, Leeds

20.9%

Bradford Royal Infirmary

20.8%

Scarborough General Hospital

20.4%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

19.0%

South Tyneside District Hospital

17.5%

South East

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Epsom General Hospital

29.7%

East Surrey Hospital, Redhill

29.2%

Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton

29.2%

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

29.1%

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital

28.9%

Lowest Rates

 

William Harvey Hospital, Ashford

22.9%

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital

22.5%

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

22.3%

Conquest Hospital, St Leonards on Sea

21.5%

St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight

18.5%

South West

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Dorset County Hospital

29.7%

Poole Hospital

28.1%

Royal Devon and Exeter Wonford Hospital

27.5%

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon

27.3%

Musgrove Park Hospital

27.1%

Lowest Rates

 

Yeovil District Hospital

24.0%

St Michael's Hospital, Bristol

23.7%

Torbay Hospital

23.3%

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

22.2%

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

21.1%

Trent

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Jessop Wing

29.1%

Leicester Royal Infirmary

24.3%

Scunthorpe General Hospital

23.8%

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

23.6%

Lincoln County Hospital

23.0%

Royal Derby Hospital

23.0%

Lowest Rates

 

Bassetlaw DGH, Worksop

20.7%

Barnsley DGH

19.1%

Nottingham University Hospital City Hospital Campus

18.6%

Kings Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

17.1%

Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby

16.2%

West Midlands

Highest Rates

Caesarean Rate

University Hospital, Coventry

28.8%

County Hospital, Hereford

28.4%

Russells Hall Hospital

28.1%

Manor Hospital, Walsall

27.7%

Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent

26.8%

Lowest Rates

 

New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

24.4%

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

24.2%

George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton

21.6%

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

17.8%

Staffordshire General Hospital

15.4%