Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
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.
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 |