I ended up having an emergency caesar a few months ago at one of Melbourne's private hospitals. In our pre-natal classes, the nurse running the sessions went through all the hospital statistics in detail. VBAC vs Emergency Caeasar vs Elective Caesar. They also broke down the number of births that were forceps or vaccum delivery which we all found really interesting. I don't really understand why other hospitals are so secretive about this information. I feel that when parents are selecting hospitals, they should be able to have access to this information. Having said this though, I don't agree with the notion of "naming and shaming". As many people on this thread have said, we have no way of knowing the particular circumstances surrounding each birth.