Question reference: S5W-22270
- Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 19 March 2019
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 3 April 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many baby boxes each NHS board has delivered.
Answer
NHS boards are not responsible for the delivery of Baby Boxes, rather they facilitate the registration of pregnant women for the Boxes via midwife appointments. The Scottish Government employs a managing agent, APS Group (Scotland), to assemble, pack and distribute Baby Boxes across the whole of Scotland.
Please see the following table that details distribution of Scotland’s Baby Boxes by Health Board from the beginning of the policy until 17 March 2019.
Baby Boxes Delivered by Health Board – 19-6-17 – 17-3-19
Health Board | Boxes Delivered |
NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 4825 |
NHS Borders | 1521 |
NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 1916 |
NHS Fife | 5212 |
NHS Forth Valley | 4173 |
NHS Grampian | 9153 |
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 20244 |
NHS Highland | 3916 |
NHS Lanarkshire | 9032 |
NHS Lothian | 14193 |
NHS Orkney | 280 |
NHS Shetland | 335 |
NHS Tayside | 5778 |
NHS Western Isles | 295 |
Total | 80873 |