Re: [ozmidwifery] Search for 15% caesarian rates

[Graham and Helen]

Thanks for your replies.  It is encouraging to hear there are still some local successes in keeping the caesar rates down.  Interesting that it is in places which are a bit away from it all or the teams are small.  Could this be something to do with personalised continuity of care????   Well done   Helen Cahill ----- Original Message ----- From: Dean & Jo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Search for 15% caesarian rates Mt Barker Hospital (SA) has a cs rate of around 8% consistantly.  A small team of care providers and an OB who doesnt like doing cs for nothing...supportive to vag birth twins, vbac an to breech (to an extent).  I can ask more spefic questions if required as I dont work there...just know thru CARES. Not quite sure hw many births they do...couple of hundred I would expect...?   Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: Graham and Helen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 11:28 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Search for 15% caesarian rates Does anyone on the list know of a maternity unit in Australia that has a caesarian rate as low as 15% (top end of the WHO recommendations) or are all of them up over 20/25% now.   And if so, what are you doing there to keep the numbers down??   Just curious.....   Helen Cahill