- FoI Number
- 2024-695
- Subject
- Birth Statistics
- Date Received
- 10/02/2025
- Request and Response
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Please could you provide for each year from 2015 to 2024 inclusive:
- The number of people under Shetland's health board who have given birth in Shetland.
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Shetland births
94
110
115
95
96
92
89
Births at other Board
113
91
62
97
105
79
70
Total CS in Shetland
18
24
35
27
28
29
32
- The number of people under Shetland's health board who were transported to give birth outside of Shetland.
See table above
- The number of births where mum requested an epidural.
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
- The number of births in Shetland where mum was given spinal anaesthesia.
See table above – NHS Shetland do not provide an epidural service and ladies only have a spinal if they are having a C-section.
- For each year 2015 to 2024 inclusive could you also please provide the total NHS expenditure for travel and accommodation for mums giving birth outside of Shetland? As a separate figure please provide the travel/accommodation expenditure specifically where mums gave birth outside of Shetland because they requested or were advised to have an epidural.
2018 86,106
2019 71,344
2020 49,352
2021 80,510
2022 88,620
2023 78,052
2024 70,980
For the second part of your question in accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
