26/08/2025
These are the most recent stats from Lister Hospital.
The stats are very vague and dont give us much info.
What we can see is that:
- unassisted vaginal births are consistently sitting at under 50%
- caesarean births are consistently sitting between 40 and 50%
- assisted births are consistently sitting at around 10-12%
The vast majority of births happen in the CLU, but we dont know how many chose that as their place of birth vs who got transferred there.
We also don't know how many of these abdominal births were elective / planned vs how many were unplanned.
On some months there were at least 10 homebirths, which while still a low number, shows that our community midwives are actively attending homebirths which is more than can be said for lots of trusts. This number also won't include those that transferred in during labour.
All this information can be found on the Lister Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership instagram and page.
Its worth giving them a follow for updates around processes at Lister, any changes that are coming and to get a feel for the trust. They also have an email address you can contact if you need their help.
Follow along for more info!
Love,
Emma 🫶
