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This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

NHS boards have various means of supporting independently contracted practices which request assistance. We expect Health Boards to work with practices as constructively and as flexibly as is appropriate to ensure that all patients have access to GP services. The Scottish Government is aware of concerns around recruitment issues in Scotland, these will be taken into account as the 2017 GMS contract negotiations go forward.

A report on the Specialist Nursing and Care Fund which will summarise the outcome of NHS Board reviews of their specialist nursing services will be published shortly. The report will also focus on how the additional investment from the fund has been used by NHS Boards.

Information on how many complaints regarding GP surgeries by each NHS Board since 1999 is not held centrally.

The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland publishes information submitted by NHS Boards about complaints relating to Family Health Services (FHS). Five broad service/contractor types are included within the FHS complaints statistics: Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical, Ophthalmic and Administration. This information can be found at .

When reviewing these statistics it is worthwhile to note that the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 and the Regulations and Directions made under Section 15 of the Act put new complaints arrangements in place, including requirements to record, report, review and learn from complaints about Primary Care services.

The Information Services Division (ISD) forms part of a strategic business unit within NHS National Services Scotland.

For the 2016-17 financial year, ISD is forecast to have a break-even position for the budgeted income and expenditure. For the ISD as a whole this is £26.34M. This total can be broken down to pay costs of £23.55M and non-pay costs of £2.79M.

The staff establishment figures for 2016-17 are shown in the following table. This includes the total number of staff broken down into full- and part- time. Also included is the whole time equivalent (WTE) for the total staff number:

Information on how many couples have received NHS IVF treatment who have children from a previous relationship in each year since 1999 is not held or collected centrally by Information Services Division.

This information is not held centrally.

Children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) will generally be treated in the community. There may be times when it is necessary to admit them to hospital for specialist treatment. Should this be the case they would be admitted to one of the three regional CAMHS inpatient units. There are however occasions when a young person is admitted to an adult ward. This may happen for example when it may be clinically judged to be more appropriate to admit that young person to an adult ward or the young person and their family have a preference for an admission to a local adult ward.

This information is not held centrally.

The national target for hepatitis C treatment in 2017-18 will be 1800. This has increased by 300 from the previous target for 2016-17.

The incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C varies across Scotland, as does the distribution of genotypes of the disease, which can influence treatment options and cure rates. This means the scale and nature of hepatitis C infection in different Boards can necessitate a different response. Targets for each NHS Board are therefore not appropriate and the Government is focussed on whole population approaches to hepatitis C. The annual hepatitis C treatment target is, therefore, only set as a national minimum target for the whole of Scotland.

The specific information requested is not available centrally.