Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 596open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2007
That this House welcomes the Secretary of State's commitment in Lord Darzi's NHS next stage review - Interim report October 2007, to a comprehensive strategy for reducing health inequalities and making health care more personal; and urges the Secretary of State to consider the role of quality independent information, such as that from Developing Patient Partnerships, in educating all sectors of society about effective use of NHS services.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1290open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2005
That this House notes that bowel cancer is the United Kingdom's second biggest cause of cancer deaths, affecting over 35,000 people each year, of whom almost half will die; further notes that 90 per cent. of lives could be saved by earlier detection and treatment of bowel cancer; believes that improving public awareness of bowel cancer will be crucial to maximising the effectiveness of screening and reducing deaths from the disease; supports Beating Bowel Cancer's 2006 Loud Tie Campaign and the call for the nation not to be tongue-tied about bowel cancer; and urges the Government to work closely with the charity to improve education and awareness of bowel cancer throughout the United Kingdom.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 324open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2003
That this House notes that the disposal of fats, oils and greases into the sewerage system is the cause of up to 90 per cent. of blockages within the system and results in the flooding and pollution of hundreds of domestic, public and commercial buildings each year; further notes that one of the major contributors to the problem is the inappropriate disposal of fats, oils and greases from commercial hot food premises such as restaurants, pubs and fast food outlets; welcomes the new building regulation that requires kitchen drainage outlets in all newly built commercial hot food premises to be fitted with a grease separator to prevent the entry of fats, oils and greases into the sewerage system; and calls on the Government to extend this requirement to all commercial hot food premises.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 60open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2000
That this House welcomes the Government's commitment to road safety, but notes with concern that less than 20 per cent. of public road safety expenditure is on preventative measures; further notes that traffic calming measures such as chicanes, traffic humps and speed limit signs, each costing no more than ú2,000, can significantly reduce the accident rate amongst pedestrians and cyclists whilst improving the quality of life in each community; and calls for traffic calming schemes to be introduced into every community as a preventative rather than as a reactive measure and for the extra funds necessary to be made available by the Government.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 59open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2000
That this House commends the Government's commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent. by 2010; notes that transport fuels are responsible for nearly 20 per cent. of annual carbon dioxide emissions; further notes that biodiesel, an entirely environmentally sustainable fuel which can be derived from oil seed rape, soybean and waste vegetable oils, can be produced without any cost to the environment, is free from sulphur dioxide and produces minimal carbon dioxide emissions and 25 per cent. less nitrogen dioxide emissions than fossil fuels; further applauds the decision of France, Germany and Italy to cut duty on biodiesel; and calls on the United Kingdom Government to also consider a cut in duty on biodiesel.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 58open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2000
That this House expresses its concern at the prevalence of osteoporosis in Britain, a condition that affects over three million people and costs the Exchequer ú1.8 billion each year; welcomes the work of the National Osteoporosis Society to draw attention to this debilitating illness and its effect on patients and their families; and supports the society's call for an osteoporosis check to be included in the proposed NHS retirement health check, explicit goals and treatment standards for osteoporosis to be incorporated into the National Health Service Framework for Older People and for sufficient funding to be made available to deliver effective treatment to all osteoporosis sufferers.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1025open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 July 2000
That this House notes that sexually transmitted infections are increasing in men and that trends indicate a dramatic rise in the diagnosis of genital herpes and chlamydia, with new cases of chlamydia among men aged 16 to 44 having increased by 16 per cent. between 1997 and 1998; and congratulates the Doctor Patient Partnership and the Men's Health Forum on the innovative campaign to provide information on the symptoms, tests and treatments for STIs to men at work and at play at rugby and football matches, motor racing events, pubs and universities.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 924open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 July 2000
That this House notes with regret that less than three in 10 people in this country carry organ donor cards, whilst there has been a three per cent. rise between 1998 and 1999 in the number of people awaiting a transplant; believes that the failure of many banks, libraries, shops, GP surgeries and other public facilities to stock organ donation cards, combined with widespread public apathy, is partly responsible for this; and urges the Government, in conjunction with the medical profession, to initiate a programme to publicise the shortage of organs available for transplant and encourage the wider distribution of organ donor cards and a wider take-up of donor cards by the public to coincide with National Transplant Week starting on 16th July.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 881open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 June 2000
That this House notes the publication of the Alzheimer's Society report Food for Thought which marks Alzheimer's Awareness Week, 2nd to 8th July; recognises the problems people with dementia face getting an adequate and nutritious diet in care homes, hospitals and in their own homes; and calls for greater support and advice for carers of people with dementia on eating and diet, increased dementia training for health and social care staff in care homes and the NHS and improved standards of food provision in all care settings.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 836open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2000
That this House calls upon the Government to instigate, as a matter of urgency, a full medical review of the Lasik Technique used to correct sight impediments through laser surgery, and the procedural guidelines governing it, given the increasing body of medical evidence which suggests that it causes long-term damage to the cornea, including the partial erosion of tissue and in some cases its eventual dislodgement; and further believes that all patients undergoing the operations should be made fully aware of the potential health risk of such a procedure.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 726open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 May 2000
That this House notes that it is National Volunteers Week from 1st to 7th June; welcomes the work being done during the week to recognise and reward the contribution the 22 million volunteers in the United Kingdom make to the nation's quality of life; congratulates the National Centre for Volunteering, the National Association of Volunteer Bureaux, the Northern Ireland Development Agency, Volunteer Development Scotland and the Wales Council for Voluntary Action for marking this week for the 14th year; and urges the Government to support volunteering as an important source of citizenship and community wellbeing.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 676open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 May 2000
That this House welcomes World Asthma Day on 3rd May; notes that the National Asthma Campaign estimates that there are 3.4 million people with asthma in the United Kingdom, including one in seven children in every constituency, and that asthma is on the increase world-wide; believes that people with asthma have the right to expect equal access to the best possible asthma care without having to rely on the postcode lottery of care; believes that people with asthma deserve care to be delivered by experienced and trained health professionals according to nationally-agreed evidence-based guidelines; notes that expert patient management of their own asthma has the potential to save National Health Service resources as well as helping people with asthma take control of their own condition; and calls for NICE to evaluate and endorse the British Guidelines on Asthma Management as soon as practicable.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 443open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 February 2000
That this House expresses its considerable concern regarding the health and safety of those participating in the sport of Total Fighting; notes that this sport, which originated in Japan and is beginning to gain popularity in this country, gives each participant considerably more licence to attack their opponents compared with other combat sports such as boxing, permitting both kicking, punching, wrestling and choking; believes that the potential for serious injury upon participants is considerably greater; and therefore calls upon the Government to introduce independent monitoring and regulation of the sport, the independent medical testing of the effects of the sport upon participants and a review of the powers afforded to local authorities to license it.