New Cornwall Birth Statistics
Posted on
The Hospital Episode Statistics Maternity data set for 2011/12 was released a couple of days ago. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust seems to perform better than other England trusts on average:
- 18.6% total caesarean rate vs 25%
- 8.3% elective caesarean rate vs 10%
- 10.3% emergency caesarean rate vs 15%
- 12% ventouse/forceps delivery rate vs 13%
- 19.1% of women delivered their babies in an entirely midwifery-led setting vs 10.7%
- 51.2% of women gave birth 'unassisted' (meaning without medical intervention) vs 45.5%