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 (2011)

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Royal Surrey County Hospital. Guildford

20.2%

Epsom General Hospital

19.6%

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

19.4%

The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, UCH

18.4%

Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

18.1%

Lowest Rates

 

North Manchester General Hospital

7.3%

Basildon Hospital

7.3%

Southend Hospital

7.1%

North Middlesex Hospital

7.1%

Scarborough General Hospital

7.0%

Scotland (2010)

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

16.9%

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

15.9%

Raigmore Hospital, Inverness

14.6%

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

14.3%

St John's at Howden, Livingston

14.1%

Lowest Rates

 

Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

10.3%

Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin

9.6%

Wishaw General Hospital

9.1%

Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

8.7%

Forth Park Maternity Hospital, Kirkcaldy

8.3%

Wales (2011)

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

18.6%

Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Rhyl

16.6%

Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor

13.8%

Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend

12.3%

Singleton Hospital, Swansea

12.3%

Lowest Rates

 

Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr

10.9%

Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth

10.7%

West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen

10.2%

Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest

10.0%

Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantristant

7.8%

English Regions (2011)

Eastern

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Watford General Hospital

15.0%

Bedford Hospital

14.6%

James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth

14.5%

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds

13.5%

Rosie Maternity Hospital

13.4%

Lowest Rates

 

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow

10.9%

Colchester General Hospital

10.9%

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

8.8%

Basildon Hospital

7.3%

Southend Hospital

7.1%

London

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, UCH

18.4%

Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

18.1%

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

17.2%

Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge

16.6%

St Georges Hospital, Tooting

16.6%

Lowest Rates

 

Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup

9.9%

Newham Hospital

9.6%

University Hospital, Lewisham

9.1%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

8.3%

North Middlesex Hospital

7.1%

Nort West

North West

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Liverpool Women's Hospital

15.4%

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

15.1%

St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

15.0%

Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport

15.0%

Wythenshawe Hospital

14.6%

Lowest Rates

 

Whiston Hospital

9.0%

The Royal Oldham Hospital

8.9%

Furness General Hospital

8.6%

Fairfield General Hospital, Bury

7.6%

North Manchester General Hospital

7.3%

Northern and Yorkshire

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

South Tyneside District Hospital

15.9%

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

15.2%

University Hospital of North Durham

15.2%

Sunderland Royal Hospital

15.0%

Harrogate District Hospital

14.3%

Lowest Rates

 

University Hospital of North Tees

9.7%

Calderdale Royal Hospital

9.5%

Bradford Royal Infirmary

8.5%

Hull and East Yorkshire Women and Children's Hospital

8.3%

Scarborough General Hospital

7.0%

South East

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Royal Surrey County Hospital. Guildford

20.2%

Epsom General Hospital

19.6%

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

19.4%

Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester

17.0%

Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton

16.5%

Lowest Rates

 

St Richards Hospital, Chichester

11.4%

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital

11.0%

Kettering General Hospital

10.6%

Queen Alexandra Hospital

10.0%

Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham

7.6%

South West

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Royal United Hospital, Bath

17.7%

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

16.5%

Salisbury District Hospital

15.7%

St Michael's Hospital, Bristol

15.3%

Torbay Hospital

14.8%

Lowest Rates

 

Dorset County Hospital

12.3%

Yeovil District Hospital

11.7%

North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple

9.8%

Musgrove Park Hospital

9.1%

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon

9.0%

Trent

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Jessop Wing

16.4%

Nottingham University Hospital City Hospital Campus

15.9%

Royal Derby Hospital

15.7%

Nottingham University Hospital QMC Campus

15.2%

Kings Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

14.4%

Lowest Rates

 

Lincoln County Hospital

11.3%

Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby

10.4%

Scunthorpe General Hospital

10.2%

Chesterfield & N. Derbyshire Royal Hospital

9.6%

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

9.5%

West Midlands

Highest Rates

Instrumental Delivery Rate

Warwick Hospital

16.0%

Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent

15.8%

Birmingham Women's Hospital

15.4%

Alexandra Hospital, Redditch

14.0%

Staffordshire General Hospital

13.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Manor Hospital, Walsall

9.6%

Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield

9.6%

Russells Hall Hospital

8.7%

City Hospital, Birmingham

8.4%

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

7.4%