Over Medication Of Older People Using Antipsychotic Drugs (EDM554)

Over Medication Of Older People Using Antipsychotic Drugs

EDM number 554 in 2001-02, proposed by Paul Burstow on 11/12/2001.

That this House notes with concern that up to 35,000 older people in nursing homes and as many as 55,500 people in residential homes are being prescribed antipsychotic medication for no medical reason; further notes that such medication can cause adverse side effects and misdiagnosis; believes this over-medication of the elderly to be a form of abuse that should be stopped; recognises that countries including Sweden, Australia and the USA have introduced new approaches to tackling and reducing the over-use of medication; calls upon the Government urgently to commission the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to produce guidance on the use of antipsychotics in care homes for older people; and calls for the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes and National Service Framework for Older People to be reviewed to increase the frequency of medication reviews and for the Department of Health to launch an awareness campaign targeted at phsychogeriotricians, general practitioners, care home managers and staff.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Burstow	11/12/2001	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Martin Smyth	12/12/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
John Barrett	12/12/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	12/12/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/12/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	12/12/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	12/12/2001	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	12/12/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/12/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	13/12/2001	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	13/12/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	13/12/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	13/12/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	13/12/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	13/12/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	13/12/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	13/12/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	13/12/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	13/12/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	13/12/2001	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	17/12/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/12/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	17/12/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/12/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	17/12/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	17/12/2001	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/12/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	18/12/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	18/12/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	18/12/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	18/12/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	18/12/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	18/12/2001	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/12/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/12/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	19/12/2001	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	19/12/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	19/12/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/12/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	19/12/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	08/02/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	03/04/2002	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	10/06/2002	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed

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