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Written question asked by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 10 September 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 September 2018. It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Monday, 17 September 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Childbirth

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many births were recorded at (a) Royal Lancaster Infirmary, (b) Furness General Hospital and (c) Westmorland General Hospital in each of the last ten years.

Answer

Data relating to the number of births recorded at individual hospitals is not collected centrally. There is a count made of delivery episodes at each trust, however, delivery episodes reflect the number of deliveries rather than births. There can be multiple births within a single delivery episode.

The following table shows a count of the delivery episodes recorded in the last 10 years at the trusts local to Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Furness General Hospital and Westmorland General Hospital.

Trust

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

2007-08

3,410

6,213

4,758

2008-09

3,435

6,109

4,886

2009-10

3,391

2,990

4,675

2010-11

3,479

2,927

4,781

2011-12

3,534

3,054

4,688

2012-13

3,357

3,040

4,594

2013-14

3,201

2,991

4,387

2014-15

3,106

3,117

4,556

2015-16

3,117

2,986

4,617

2016-17

3,059

2,978

4,681

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
172496
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Childbirth Furness Hospital Royal Lancaster Infirmary Westmorland Hospital
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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