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:

  1. First time mother assisted rate for this month: 21.2%

  2. Birthed before mother assisted rate for this month: 11.6%

  3. First time mother induction rate for this month: 45.5%

  4. Birthed before induction rate for this month 34.9%

  5. First time mother Caesarean section rate for this month: 48.5%

  6. Birthed before Caesarean section rate for this month: 41.9%

  7. 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%.