What the average waiting time is for fertility treatment in each NHS board area.

Data is not routinelycollected however, the Report of the Review of Infertility Services in Scotlandprovided average waiting times for 1988-2005 and can be accessed via the attachedlink, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/173213/0048365.pdf.
For ease I attach this information:
Average waiting timesfor IVF 1988-2005.
NHS Board

| Ave Waiting Time for IVF in Aug 1998
(pre EAGISS)
| Ave Waiting Time for IVF in 2001
| Ave Waiting Time for IVF in 2004
| Ave Waiting Time for IVF in April 2005

Argyll and Clyde*
| 30
| 27
| 7
| 7

Ayrshire and Arran
| 24
| 24
| 6
| 8

Borders
| 60
| 48
| 3
| 3

Dumfries and Galloway
| 30
| 24
| 19
| 19

Fife
| 24
| 24
| 24
| 24

Forth Valley
|
-
| 4
| 9
| 10

Grampian
| 24
| 24
| 48
| 60

Greater Glasgow
| 36
| 18
| 8
| 7

Highland
| 24
| 12
| 18
| 6

Lanarkshire
| 24
|
-
|
-
| 11

Lothian
| 36
| 9
| 12
| 24

Orkney
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 8

Shetland
|
-
| 0
| 6
| 2

Tayside
| 33
| 24
| 24
| 24

Western Isles
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-

Notes:
Waiting Times quotedare in months.
*Figures refer topre-dissolution of Argyll and Clyde NHS board.
-Number either toosmall to assess / not recorded / not available.