HC Deb 19 July 1990 vol 176 c684W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the centres which offer the kind of comprehensive counselling outlined in Her Majesty's Government's guidelines for unplanned pregnancies in Scotland in the Edinburgh area.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Current guidance from the Scottish Home and Health Department about the provision of family planning services draws health boards' attention to the need for counselling facilities, especially for young people. Such counselling is available within Lothian health board's area through general practitioners; obstetric and gynaecological in-patient and out-patient services; the board's community clinics; family planning clinics in central Edinburgh and peripheral locations; and at the Brook advisory centre.

More detailed information about individual centres is not held centrally.

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