Miles Briggs asks the SG:
https://www.parliament.scot/S5ChamberOffice/WA20190508.pdf
As a ‘Compassionate Tory’ (Ho ho) with an interest in human rights, I feel sure he’ll like this:
Maybe it’s too much to expect Miles to follow me but, wait that feels a bit creepy scary. Anyhow, see these admittedly quite rare reports on IVF:
100% of eligible patients are screened within the target time. The target has now been met without fail for nearly five years. The wider benefits for the mental health of women affected is immense. In England % Wales the…
Worlds apart: IVF, mental health and exploitation in England and Scotland
In the Independent today: ‘A couple who had IVF treatment which was paid for by friends from a Facebook group have given birth to a girl. Marisha Chaplin, 26, and Jon Hibbs, 29, already have a daughter through IVF but…
Note: This is a heavily recycled piece from May in the light of recent NHS Scotland figures. From ISD on 28th August 2018: ‘The four IVF centres in Scotland screened 373 eligible patients, compared with 370 in the previous quarter.…
How IVF became a licence to print money. As we tumble toward a hard Brexit and trade deals with the USA allowing the private sector into the heart of the NHS, we can see how things will work…
From ISD on 29th May 2018: ‘The four IVF centres in Scotland screened 370 eligible patients, compared with 362 in the previous quarter. 100% of patients were screened for IVF treatment within 365 days. The 90% target continues…
In the quarter ending 31st December 2017, 100% of patients were screened for IVF treatment within 365 days. The 90% target has now been met since reporting started three years ago. All of these patients receive three full cycles of…
Talking-up Scotland 
Off-topic – but related in a way. These encouraging figures from the Registry Trust (link and snippets below) on the management of Scottish business debt issues were carried on the Scottish Legal site – but wouldn’t be holding my breath to wait for them to be covered by the MSM. The figures seem to demonstrate progress across the board.
https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/decrees-against-scottish-businesses-dropped-25-per-cent-in-first-quarter
In the first three months of 2019, the number of decrees against Scottish businesses dropped by 25 per cent, compared to the same period of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry Trust.
The total, 561, was the lowest of any quarter on record.
Registry Trust is the non-profit organisation which collects decree and judgment information from jurisdictions throughout the British Isles and Ireland.
In Scotland, it collects information on small claims, summary, ordinary cause and simple procedure sheriff’s court decrees. A decree is incontrovertible proof that debt has not been managed.
The total value of decrees against businesses in the first quarter fell three per cent to £3.1 million.
The total number of decrees against companies dropped by 30 per cent from the previous year’s figures, to 398,
The total number of decrees against generally smaller unincorporated businesses fell 11 per cent on Q1 2018’s figures, to 163 – also a record first quarter low. The total value also dropped to a record first quarter low of £489,041, down 63 per cent compared to the same period of 2018.
During the first quarter of 2019, 5,253 debt decrees were registered against consumers, 28 per cent lower than Q1 2018. There was a 29 per cent decrease in the combined value of consumer decrees to £11.9 million.
The number of small claims against consumers fell by 28 per cent in Q1 2019 to 4,857, with the total value down 24 per cent on Q1 2018’s figures to £7.4 million.
Ordinary cause decrees against consumers in the first quarter of 2019 dropped by 23 per cent to 396, compared to the same period the previous year, while the total and average values fell to all time first quarter lows of £4.5 million and £11,437 respectively.
Trust chairman Malcolm Hurlston CBE said: “These figures show a Scottish economy in robust health despite headwinds. The absence of judgments makes it easier to borrow responsibly – an important element to a strong economy.”
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