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Demographic information, recommendations about driving, and reasoning behind these recommendations were collected.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nine hundred and seventy\u2010seven clinician responses (15.8%) were analysed: 555 midwives, 92 trainees and 330 Fellows. Ninety\u2010six percent gave advice about driving after surgery. Respondents considered pain (85.6%), medication (73.2%) and mobility (70.5%) the most important factors when advising on resumption of driving. After uncomplicated <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CS<\/jats:styled-content>, 19% said they would advise a well woman that she could drive &lt;4 weeks, 18% advised four weeks, 33% advised five to six weeks and 27% did not give a specific timeframe. Similar timeframes were given following hysterectomy. Of each professional group, trainees (49%) and midwives (48%) were more likely to advise waiting five to six weeks to resume driving compared with Fellows (9%) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Although 71.5% of respondents thought that most women drove before four weeks, only 33.9% of respondents thought driving earlier than advice given was unsafe.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Clinicians frequently give advice about driving after surgery. This advice is inconsistent and many advise women not to drive for significant time periods. 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