Costs Of Children In Hospital
EDM number 866 in 2001-02, proposed by Andrew Lansley on 14/02/2002.
That this House notes the publication of the Department of Health's response to the Report of the Public Inquiry into children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary; further notes the Report's recommendations 142 and 182 which advocated that the requirements of quality of care and safety of patients should prevail over considerations of ease of access; shares the Inquiry Report's view that the NHS should therefore assist patients with the costs arising from specialist care at substantial distances from home; recognises that the Hospital Travel Costs scheme is limited to travel costs for treatment for low-income families only; welcomes the 'Contact a Family' campaign to extend the Hospital Travel Costs scheme to visits; and urges the Government to bring forward urgently its review of options to assist families in meeting the costs of visiting and supporting a child in hospital.
This motion has been signed by a total of 102 MPs.
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