Maternity Safety Statement for Sligo University Hospital
Latest available date with complete data : February 2026
Along with Mayo Portiuncula and Galway the MSS for Sligo is incomplete for November and December 2025
Uploaded to HSE site: April 2026
Commentary:
First time mother assisted rate for this month: 21.2%
Birthed before mother assisted rate for this month: 11.6%
First time mother induction rate for this month: 45.5%
Birthed before induction rate for this month 34.9%
First time mother Caesarean section rate for this month: 48.5%
Birthed before Caesarean section rate for this month: 41.9%
Caesarean section rates are extremely high for both nulliparous and multiparous mothers. However, there was a reduction in the outrageous FTM c section of 62.5% in October 2025 to 48.5% this month. The multiparous rate also dropped from 45.9% in October 2025 to 41.9% this month. This is balanced out by an increase in the assisted delivery rate from October 2025. It rose from 12% to 21.22% this month.
FTM induction rate is also very high at 45.5%, but again this is lower than it was in October 2025 when the FTM induction rate was 55%.

