- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34074 by Shona Robison on 15 June 2010, when the National Group on Infertility was first announced and how many times it has met.
Answer
The intention to set up the National Infertility Group was first announced during 2009. Scottish Government officials have been in discussion with NHS boards regarding the role of the group and membership. The group met for the first time on 28 April 2010, and further meetings are scheduled for July, September and November 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received the interim report from the Infertility Network Scotland on IVF services.
Answer
Infertility Network Scotland''s interim report has been received and will be published shortly on the Maternity Services website
www.maternityservices.scot.nhs.uk.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure that consistent criteria are applied to IVF treatment across Scotland.
Answer
The National Infertility Group will look at standardisation of access criteria across Scotland, and make recommendations to ministers.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the definition is of one cycle of IVF treatment.
Answer
As NHS boards across Scotland currently define one cycle of IVF treatment in several different ways, the National Infertility Group has been asked to consider and make recommendations to ministers.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the interim report from Infertility Network Scotland on IVF services.
Answer
Infertility Network Scotland''s interim report will be published shortly on the Maternity Services website
www.maternityservices.scot.nhs.uk.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the family-friendly policies for NHS employees are and how they are monitored.
Answer
The Family Friendly Policies for NHS Scotland employees are covered in the Supporting Work Life Balance Partnership Information Network (PIN) Policy. This policy can be found at
http://www.staffgovernance.scot.nhs.uk/partnership/partnership-information-network/.
This policy framework covers job share policy, career break policy, reduced working year policy, flexible working policy, annualised hours policy, home working policy, phased retiral policy, maternity leave, paternity leave, breastfeeding policy, parental leave policy and adoption and fostering leave policy.
These policies support staff to balance home life with the demands of work by encouraging both the service and its staff to adopt flexible working practices. The ability to work flexibly opens up career opportunities to a greater range of individuals, which in turn leads to development of equality of opportunity.
These policies support the Staff Governance Standard, and their implementation within each health board is monitored through the Staff Governance Self-Assessment Audit Tool, which is completed at a local level by the Area Partnership Forum and Staff Governance Committee, and is then used by the Scottish Government to inform discussions during the annual review process.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33665 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, what the likely cost of voluntary severance is based on workforce planning projections for individual NHS boards in 2010-11 and what the impact will be on future years.
Answer
The information requested is not centrally held.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33664 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, whether it will define small scale in the context of over 4,000 job losses in the NHS.
Answer
The reference to small scale was not made in relation to the overall projected staff changes in NHSScotland. The reference is in relation to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Grampian who are considering voluntary severance for a small number of their total planned reductions. The majority of the reductions will be achieved through a combination of natural turnover, vacancy management and early retirement.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33643 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, whether it will provide an exact number, to the nearest 100, of the people it expects to be employed in the NHS as of 1 April 2011.
Answer
Numbers of people working in the NHS as at April 2011 will be published in the normal manner.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33663 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and (b) Health Directorate held discussions with NHS boards on the specific issue of workforce planning or voluntary severance.
Answer
Scottish Government Health Directorates officials and I hold regular meetings with chairs and senior managers of NHS boards, at which a range of issues are discussed, including workforce planning and staff management.
