Maternity - FOI Response Register

For the year 2024:-

1. How many babies were born in your health board area?

89

2. How many were born by spontaneous vaginal birth/assisted vaginal birth/planned C-section/unplanned C-sections?

Vaginal births = 70

CS                  = 32

3. How many pregnancies were induced?

IOL = 8

4. Of the inductions, how many were for medical reasons/ personal choice/other reason?

All for medical reasons

5. At how many weeks gestation were the inductions carried out?

40 weeks +

6. How many births were in CMUs / in hospital/ at home?

This Board does not have a CMU.

<5 homebirths

Where we have given <5 answers, this is because NHS Shetland considers that providing more specific information carries a high risk of identifying individuals. As such and in accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 38(1)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) as the information constitutes personal data and disclosure would breach the confidentiality of the data subjects.