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 (2011)

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon

37.2%

Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton

34.7%

Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield

33.9%

Whiston Hospital

33.9%

Kettering General Hospital

32.0%

Lowest Rates

 

York District Hospital

12.5%

James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough

11.7%

St James's University Hospital, Leeds

11.5%

Worthing Hospital

10.0%

Leeds General Infirmary

8.1%

Scotland (2010)

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

33.5%

Stirling Royal Infirmary

31.7%

Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin

27.6%

Princess Royal Maternity Hospital

27.2%

Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

26.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Borders General Hospital, Melrose

19.0%

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

18.6%

Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

18.5%

Wishaw General Hospital

17.0%

Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

17.0%

English Regions (2011)

Eastern

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Colchester General Hospital

26.2%

Bedford Hospital

25.1%

Rosie Maternity Hospital

24.6%

Luton & Dunstable Hospital

22.4%

Norfolk And Norwich University Hospital

22.3%

Lowest Rates

 

Broomfield Hospital

19.9%

Basildon Hospital

19.8%

Southend Hospital

18.9%

Ipswich Hospital

17.5%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn

15.9%

London

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Queen's Hospital, Romford

29.2%

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

27.2%

St Thomas' Hospital

22.7%

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow

22.5%

Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

21.9%

Lowest Rates

 

West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth

15.9%

Homerton Hospital

15.4%

University Hospital, Lewisham

14.5%

Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel

13.4%

Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge

13.0%

Nort West

North West

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Whiston Hospital

33.9%

Countess of Chester Hospital

29.1%

Liverpool Women's Hospital

28.9%

Ormskirk DGH

28.5%

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan

25.7%

Lowest Rates

 

Arrowe Park Hospital, Birkenhead

18.8%

Burnley General Hospital

18.5%

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

17.7%

St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

17.2%

Furness General Hospital

13.6%

Northern and Yorkshire

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Sunderland Royal Hospital

28.2%

South Tyneside District Hospital

25.8%

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

25.7%

University Hospital of North Tees

24.5%

Hull and East Yorkshire Women and Children's Hospital

24.2%

Lowest Rates

 

Calderdale Royal Hospital

17.4%

York District Hospital

12.5%

James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough

11.7%

St James's University Hospital, Leeds

11.5%

Leeds General Infirmary

8.1%

South East

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton

34.7%

Kettering General Hospital

32.0%

Royal Surrey County Hospital. Guildford

27.4%

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

26.0%

Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham

25.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester

17.7%

St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey

17.6%

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital

15.8%

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

14.2%

Worthing Hospital

10.0%

South West

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon

37.2%

Poole Hospital

30.1%

St Michael's Hospital, Bristol

28.9%

Torbay Hospital

27.7%

Dorset County Hospital

25.4%

Lowest Rates

 

Southmead Hospital, Bristol

22.9%

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

22.4%

Salisbury District Hospital

20.8%

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

18.9%

North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple

18.8%

Trent

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Lincoln County Hospital

28.9%

Kings Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

28.2%

Nottingham University Hospital QMC Campus

28.0%

Nottingham University Hospital City Hospital Campus

27.0%

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

25.8%

Lowest Rates

 

Leicester General Hospital

20.9%

Barnsley DGH

20.3%

Chesterfield & N. Derbyshire Royal Hospital

19.2%

Bassetlaw DGH, Worksop

19.2%

Leicester Royal Infirmary

18.9%

West Midlands

Highest Rates

Induction Rate

Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield

33.9%

Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent

30.0%

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

29.2%

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

28.2%

City General Hospital, Stoke on Trent

27.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Warwick Hospital

21.0%

County Hospital, Hereford

18.2%

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

18.2%

University Hospital, Coventry

16.5%

City Hospital, Birmingham

14.2%