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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4W-09560

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that there is no so-called postcode rationing of access to infertility support and treatment.

Question reference: S4W-09553

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the framework for supporting patients with fertility problems and their clinicians.

Question reference: S4W-09498

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has published the action plan on infertility services mentioned by the Minister for Public Health and Sport on 28 May 2009 (Official Report, c. 18057) and, if so, when.

Question reference: S4W-09550

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish an annual report on progress on preventing and treating infertility.

Question reference: S4W-09514

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the (a) Swedish and (b) Danish health services regarding IVF treatment cycles and whether it will develop a similar approach to these countries.

Question reference: S4W-09546

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to bring together patients, scientists and the medical profession to consider the technological advances made in human reproductive health.

Question reference: S4W-09575

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many couples have undergone IVF treatment; what average number of IVF cycles was undertaken by each couple, and how many cycles have been undertaken, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-09563

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS is required to enable couples in need of IVF to access two complete cycles of treatment.

Current guidance with NHS boards on the recommended number of IVF cycles was published in 2000 by the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland. These guidelines, which remain extant, recommend that eligible patients receive a maximum of three NHS funded cycles of IVF. This includes two transfers of fresh embryos and, where frozen embryos are available, the third NHS funded cycle should involve transfer of stored embryos.

The National Infertility Group will make recommendations to ministers, including an update on the number of IVF cycles for eligible patients, by the end of December 2012.

Question reference: S4W-09556

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors the provision of infertility treatment in private clinics paid for by the NHS.

Question reference: S4W-09554

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a managed clinical network for medical teams that deal with fertility problems.