- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the upper age limit is for IVF treatment.
Answer
The Report of the Review of Infertility Services in Scotland, published in 2007, recommends that the upper age limit for IVF treatment should be 39 years inclusive, i.e. the woman should be before her 40th birthday at the time of treatment. In addition, the upper age limit should not apply for replacement of frozen embryos which were created from previous treatments occurring before the patients 40th birthday.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the waiting time is for IVF treatment in the (a) Greater Glasgow and (b) Clyde areas of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Answer
The waiting time for IVF treatment in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area is currently 21 months. There is no separate waiting time for each of the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde areas.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to reduce waiting times for IVF treatment.
Answer
The work to be undertaken by Infertility Network Scotland on behalf of the government will, we expect, help address the complex and long standing issues around waiting times for IVF treatment.
Where individual NHS boards have invested in this service, waiting times have reduced in their area.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what circumstances are considered as priorities for selection for IVF treatment
Answer
It is up to individual NHS boards to decide what circumstances are considered as priorities for selection for IVF treatment. For example, within some NHS boards storage of eggs or embryos prior to oncology treatment is considered a priority for selection for IVF treatment.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for IVF treatment.
Answer
This information is not routinely collected or held centrally.
However, as part of the work Infertility Network Scotland will carry out with the government, NHS boards will be asked to provide this information.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what public body is responsible for monitoring and ensuring the implementation of the disability equality duty.
Answer
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is the body responsible for monitoring and enforcing the disability equality general and specific duties. Interested parties may also challenge an organisation''s failure to comply with the general duty by means of a claim to the Court of Session for judicial review.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that local authorities comply with the requirements of the disability equality duty, with particular regard to providing accessible toilet facilities for people with profound and multiple disabilities, as requested by the Changing Places Consortium.
Answer
It is for individual local authorities to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the disability equality duties and Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The DDA 1995 makes it unlawful for goods, facilities and service providers, including local authorities, to discriminate against someone because of their disability, and the service provider must make reasonable adjustments to make sure disabled people are not put at a disadvantage and are able to access the goods or services offered. What constitutes a reasonable adjustment depends on a number of factors and it is for individual organisations to determine.
The disability equality duties requires all public authorities (including local authorities) to be pro-active in tackling discrimination against disabled people and to look at ways of promoting equality for disabled people.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 August 2009
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the new chair of the public inquiry into Clostridium difficile, following the announcement on 25 June 2009 by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing that Lord Couslfield had stood down.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 12 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the implementation of the disability equality duty.
Answer
The Scottish Government is not responsible for monitoring the implementation of the disability equality duty. It is for individual organisations to ensure that they comply with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and disability equality duty. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is the body responsible for enforcing the DDA and the disability equality duty.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 12 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it has done and what it plans to do to persuade commercial companies to adhere to the revised British Standard 8300, which includes design guidance for Changing Places toilet facilities.
Answer
In 2006, the Scottish Government published a
Planning Advice Note (PAN) 78: Inclusive Design to promote awareness of the benefits and means of delivering a more inclusive, accessible built environment. This document outlines roles and responsibilities in this respect and identifies sources of information, including British Standard (BS) 8300, which can assist in this process.
Provision of Changing Places toilets is identified as a further good practice issue within the 2007 Scottish Building Standards. Whilst there is no statutory obligation to provide such facilities under building regulations, such information is highlighted to developers and owners for consideration in the planning of facilities within buildings.
The Scottish Government was involved in the development of guidance on the provision of Changing Places toilets that now forms part of BS 8300: 2008, and remains involved in the ongoing development of this document and other sources of good practice guidance on accessibility of the built environment.
