Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) Rates (1997-99) For Scotland

UnitUnadjusted
VBAC Rate
Scotland36.0%
Aberdeen Maternity Hospital35.7%
Ayrshire Central and Maternity Hospital30.6%
Bellshill Maternity Hospital32.7%
Borders General Hospital, Melrose41.9%
Caithness General Hospital32.1%
Cresswell Maternity Hospital, Dumfries34.8%
Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin33.3%
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary58.3%
Forth Park Maternity Hospital, Kirkcaldy34.0%
Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital33.9%
Inverclyde Royal Hospital(a)38.7%
Law Hospital(b)39.0%
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee29.4%
Perth Royal Infirmary34.6%
Raigmore Hospital, Inverness36.6%
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley18.5%
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh43.6%
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow33.1%
St John's at Howden, Livingston41.6%
Stirling Royal Infirmary35.6%
The Queen Mother's Hospital, Glasgow(c)36.7%
Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria28.5%
Western Isles Hospital(c)30.4%

a) Includes historical data for Rankin Memorial Hospital.
b) Includes historical data for William Smellie Memorial Hospital.
c) Data incomplete for 1999. Final period only includes data for 1997 and 1998.

This rate is the percentage of women whose first birth was by caesarean section and whose second birth was vaginal.

The folowing two website have more information on VBAC; www.vbac.org.uk and www.caesarean.org.uk.

Scottish historical VBAC rates

Scottish VBAC Rates, Clinical Outcome Indicators (December 2000), Page 2580