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Both National Park Authorities have a key role in promoting and managing responsible visitor access. One of the statutory aims of the National Parks is to promote understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the area by the public. The two National Park Authorities, in their National Park Plans, make it clear that this is a priority.

This information is available on the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland''s website at www.mhtscotland.gov.uk.

This information is available on the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland''s website at www.mhtscotland.gov.uk.

This information is available on the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland''s website at www.mhtscotland.gov.uk.

The draft standards on coronary heart disease, published by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland in February 2009, contain a standard relating to the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmia, of which cardiomyopathy is one of the causes. An essential criterion in the arrhythmia standard is that patients at risk of and diagnosed with hereditary arrhythmias syndromes are referred to the Familial Arrhythmias Network of Scotland (FANS).

FANS is a national managed clinical network (MCN) which brings together the cardiologists, clinical geneticists and pathologists involved in assessing patients with a proven or suspected familial (inherited) arrhythmia. The MCN aims to raise awareness of familial arrhythmias, define and agree referral protocols and develop national guidance for clinical and genetic testing. The network is currently developing referral guidelines for familial cardiomyopathy and expects to publish these by the end of the year.

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.

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.

This is a matter for individual NHS boards.

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.

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.