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Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 639open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
That this House is deeply concerned at the decision of NHS England to halt its assessment of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment, Translarna, whilst it reconsiders how it assesses new treatments; understands that Translarna, which received conditional approval from the European Commission (EC) in July 2014, is the first drug to treat an underlying genetic cause of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; notes that under the terms of the EC's conditional approval Translarna would be made available to boys whose Duchenne is caused by a nonsense mutation, who are over five and can still walk; further notes that NHS England has taken its decision at a very late stage of the assessment process; acknowledges the deep concern of families at this delay, who fear that it could prevent their sons from accessing Translarna before they lose the ability to walk; and joins the calls of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign for NHS England to take emergency steps to ensure that Translarna is made available to the children it could help by April 2015.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 843open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2012
That this House welcomes the report Time to Care, published by UNISON, which highlights the vital role that homecare workers perform for some of the most vulnerable people in society; recognises how poor terms and conditions for the homecare workforce can have a large impact on their ability to provide a good level of care to service users; expresses concern that 79.1 per cent of homecare workers surveyed in the report said they have to rush their work or leave a client early to get to their next visit on time, and that 58 per cent were not reimbursed for their travel time between clients, meaning they are often paid less than the national minimum wage for their working day; believes that urgent changes must be made to the way in which homecare services are funded, commissioned and delivered to address these concerns; and calls on the Government to encourage all local authorities commissioning homecare services to sign up to the Ethical Care Charter, which establishes improved terms and conditions for homecare workers including the payment of the living wage, travel time and an adequate time allowance for homecare visits.