§ Mr. John EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women have elected for(a) hospital birth and (b) home birth for each year since 1990; and if she will provide an estimate of the number of birth complications at each location.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe figures relating to place of confinement for births in 1990 and 1991 are shown in the table.
Information is collected centrally on the method of delivery, including caesarian sections and instrumental deliveries, but this is not available in terms of the location of the delivery.
Maternities 1990–91 England—Place of confinement 1990 1991 Hospital 654,594 647,710 Home 6,953 7,439 Elsewhere1 503 554 Total 662,050 655,703 1 Elsewhere includes: All psychiatric institutions. Homes for unmarried mothers. Remand Homes Reception Centres. Private Houses (other than the mother's usual residence). Source:OPCS Birth Statistics Table produced by SD2B June 1992.
Hospital medical CHS Total Number Whole-lime equivalent Number Whole-time equivalent Number Whole-time equivalent Northern 708 632.0 95 45.1 803 677.1 Yorkshire 892 684.1 80 46.9 972 731.0 Trent 800 670.8 107 59.5 907 730.3 East Anglia 314 278.9 26 20.5 340 299.4 North West Thames 869 729.7 178 82.3 1,047 812.0 North East Thames 1,011 814.0 187 90.4 1,198 904.4 South East Thames 897 741.3 145 77.1 1,042 818.4 South West Thames 528 436.4 87 54.0 615 490.4 Wessex 372 325.7 37 24.3 409 350.0 Oxford 456 378.4 30 17.7 486 396.1 South Western 396 351.6 15 10.5 411 362.1 West Midlands 1,150 962.9 173 87.8 1,323 1,050.7 Mersey 522 430.7 85 43.6 607 474.3 North Western 1,228 1007.1 241 116.0 1,469 1,123.1 London Post-Grad Teaching Hospitals 295 209.2 0 0.0 295 209.2 Wales 728 603.8 44 33.6 772 637.4