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:

England (2011)

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

City Hospital, Birmingham

54.0%

Barnsley DGH

53.0%

Leeds General Infirmary

51.2%

Worthing Hospital

50.8%

North Manchester General Hospital

50.1%

Lowest Rates

 

Whiston Hospital

33.5%

Barnet General Hospital

33.5%

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

32.5%

Epsom General Hospital

30.7%

Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

30.4%

Victoria Hospital, Blackpool

28.8%

Scotland (2010)

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

49.5%

Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin

48.8%

Forth Park Maternity Hospital, Kirkcaldy

47.7%

Wishaw General Hospital

47.3%

Borders General Hospital, Melrose

41.3%

Lowest Rates

 

Raigmore Hospital, Inverness

32.8%

Ayrshire Maternity Unit, Crosshouse Hospital

32.3%

Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

31.1%

Princess Royal Maternity Hospital

30.2%

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

27.2%

English Regions (2011)

Eastern

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn

49.3%

Luton & Dunstable Hospital

44.7%

Peterborough Maternity Unit

44.5%

Norfolk And Norwich University Hospital

44.3%

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow

43.5%

Lowest Rates

 

Bedford Hospital

39.2%

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds

38.9%

Rosie Maternity Hospital

38.3%

James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth

37.5%

Watford General Hospital

36.7%

London

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

North Middlesex Hospital

48.6%

Homerton Hospital

46.9%

Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington

44.0%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

43.7%

Newham Hospital

41.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Kingston Hospital

34.2%

Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup

34.1%

Barnet General Hospital

33.5%

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

32.5%

Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

30.4%

Nort West

North West

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

North Manchester General Hospital

50.1%

Furness General Hospital

48.3%

St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

48.0%

Fairfield General Hospital, Bury

46.0%

Tameside General Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne

44.3%

Lowest Rates

 

Wythenshawe Hospital

36.7%

Warrington Hospital

36.5%

Countess of Chester Hospital

34.9%

Whiston Hospital

33.5%

Victoria Hospital, Blackpool

28.8%

Northern and Yorkshire

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

Leeds General Infirmary

51.2%

Scarborough General Hospital

49.7%

Bradford Royal Infirmary

49.5%

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

46.8%

South Tyneside District Hospital

46.2%

Lowest Rates

 

Sunderland Royal Hospital

42.7%

University Hospital of North Durham

42.2%

Wansbeck General Hospital

40.5%

Airedale General Hospital

39.4%

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

35.0%

South East

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

Worthing Hospital

50.8%

St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight

48.1%

William Harvey Hospital, Ashford

44.1%

St Richards Hospital, Chichester

43.3%

Northampton General Hospital

43.1%

Lowest Rates

 

Eastbourne DGH

36.4%

Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton

35.3%

Tunbridge Wells Hospital

34.7%

Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury

34.6%

Epsom General Hospital

30.7%

South West

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple

45.9%

Salisbury District Hospital

40.6%

Yeovil District Hospital

40.5%

St Michael's Hospital, Bristol

39.1%

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

38.5%

Lowest Rates

 

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

36.9%

Torbay Hospital

36.8%

Royal Devon and Exeter Wonford Hospital

36.5%

Poole Hospital

35.4%

The Great Western Hospital, Swindon

33.7%

Trent

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

Barnsley DGH

53.0%

Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby

48.9%

Chesterfield & N. Derbyshire Royal Hospital

48.0%

Nottingham University Hospital City Hospital Campus

44.9%

Pilgrim Hospital, Boston

44.9%

Lowest Rates

 

Rotherham General Hospital

40.7%

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

40.6%

Leicester General Hospital

40.3%

Leicester Royal Infirmary

38.3%

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Jessop Wing

35.5%

West Midlands

Highest Rates

Normal Birth Rate

City Hospital, Birmingham

54.0%

Staffordshire General Hospital

47.6%

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

43.7%

Russells Hall Hospital

43.5%

County Hospital, Hereford

42.2%

Lowest Rates

 

Warwick Hospital

40.0%

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

36.5%

Birmingham Women's Hospital

36.5%

Alexandra Hospital, Redditch

36.3%

Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent

33.7%