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Ruth Helm
WP106
Boundary House
Walsall Campus
Gorway Road
Walsall
WS1 3BD
01902 518879
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From: email list for Radical Statistics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Macfarlane, Alison
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:29 AM
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Subject: Maternity statistics for England published to day
Maternity statistics for England for the financial year 2003-04 were published this morning.
The caesarean section rate has resumed its upward trend, increasing from 22.0 per cent in 2002-03 to 22.7 per cent in 2003-04.
Over 20% of deliveries were induced, as in the previous year.
More than half of caesareans were emergency caesareans
About 12% of deliveries were instrumental deliveries, as in the previous year
An estimated 46% of deliveries were 'normal deliveries' defined as those without surgical intervention, use of instruments, induction, epidural or general anaestheticDuring delivery about 1/3 of women had an epidural, general or spinal anaesthetic
12% of women had an episiotomy.
As in the previous year, complete data were submitted for only 72 per cent of births in England. The following units or trusts submitted no records with the method of delivery in the 'maternity tail' appended to the admitted patient care record:
North West Region
B Q15 RWW Warrington Hospital
B Q14 RMP Tameside General Hospital
B Q15 RBN Whiston Hospital
Yorkshire and Humber
D Q11 RWA Castle Hill and Hull Maternity Hospitals
D Q11 RCC Scarborough Hospital
D Q11 RJL Grimsby Maternity and Scunthorpe Hospitals
D Q23 RFF Barnsley DGH
D Q12 RWY02 Halifax General Hospital
D Q23 RP5DR Doncaster Royal Infirmary
D Q23 RP5BA Bassetlaw DGH
D Q12 RWY01 Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
East Midlands
E Q25 5EH St Mary's Hospital, Melton Mowbray
E Q24 RCS Nottingham City Hospital
West Midlands
F Q26 RJE North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke on Trent
F Q28 RWP Worcestershire Acute Hospitals
F Q27 RL4 New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton
East Midlands
G Q01 5JT Hartismere Hospital, Suffolk
G Q02 RWR Hemel Hempstead Hospital
London
H Q04 RV8 Central Middlesex & Northwick Park Hospitals
H Q04 RC3 Ealing Hospital
H Q07 RJZ King's College Hospital
H Q07 RJ2 Lewisham Hospital
H Q07 RG3 Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington
H Q04 RJ5 St Mary's Hospital, Paddington
H Q05 RVL01 Barnet General Hospital
South East
J Q18 RVV East Kent Hospitals
J Q18 RWF02 Maidstone Hospital
J Q19 RTP East Surrey Hospital, Redhill
J Q17 RHM Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton
K Q20 RN3 Great Western Hospital, Swindon
South West
K Q20 5DH West Wiltshire PCT
K Q22 RBA Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
K Q21 RK9 Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
K Q21 5KT Penrice Hospital, St Austell
K Q21 5FM St Mary's, Helston, Cornwall
K Q21 RA9 Torbay Hospital
K Q21 RBZ North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple
K Q22 RD3 Poole Hospital
K Q20 RNZ Salisbury District Hospital
K Q22 RDZ Royal Bournemouth HospitalThe NHS Maternity Statistics Bulletin sb05/10 can found at
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Statistics/StatisticalWorkAreas/StatisticalPublicHealth/StatisticalPublicHealthArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4099863&chk=c8KitoThe bulletin will not now be at
http://www.publications.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0510.htm as previously
indicated.Data for maternity units have also been published by BirthchoiceUK at http://www.birthchoiceuk.com
Miranda Dodwell from BirthChoiceUK said
"The caesarean rate, which last year showed no increase, is on the rise again, with increases in both emergency and planned caesaeans. However the numbers of labours being induced fell again, as did the number of babies whose birth was assisted by forceps and ventouse. Overall this led to a decrease in the number of normal births - a sign that medical intervention in labour is increasing further."
"These latest statistics have been compiled with only 72% of the
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necessary maternity records We find it disappointing that some hospitals
have not submitted any usable records. We believe that Trusts have a duty to produce details of the maternity care they provide in order to be accountable to both those that fund the service and those that use the service."