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Laser Eye Surgery

EDM number 1345 in 2002-03, proposed by Ashok Kumar on 05/06/2003.

That this House notes with concern reports in the medical journal Opthalmology giving the failure rate for eye surgery as one in 10, rather than one in 100 claimed by clinics; further notes the increase in negligence claims against eye surgeons performing laser eye surgery; is astonished that clinics can legally employ GPs and other non-specialists to carry out this surgical procedure, despite studies which show that a significantly higher number of complications occurred when procedures were conducted by more inexperienced practitioners; and calls on the Government to require private practices to employ qualified opthalmologists to conduct laser eye surgery and to report the number and nature of all such operations and complaints; and that those clinics be subject to regular scrutiny.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ashok Kumar05/06/2003Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourProposed
Bob Spink09/06/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Simon Thomas09/06/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Peter Bottomley09/06/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Harry Barnes09/06/2003North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Ann Cryer09/06/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton09/06/2003GowerLabourSigned
Lynne Jones09/06/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Flynn09/06/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock10/06/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Huw Edwards10/06/2003MonmouthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara10/06/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/06/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Lady Hermon10/06/2003North DownUUPSigned
Bob Russell10/06/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope11/06/2003HyndburnLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/06/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Brian Cotter11/06/2003Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Gapes11/06/2003Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Win Griffiths11/06/2003BridgendLabourSigned
Harold Best11/06/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt11/06/2003Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Paul Tyler12/06/2003North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew12/06/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Terry Davis12/06/2003Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Eric Illsley12/06/2003Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore12/06/2003HendonLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood13/06/2003ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Irene Adams13/06/2003Paisley NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham16/06/2003Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin16/06/2003Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew George16/06/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff16/06/2003Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Betty Williams16/06/2003ConwyLabourSigned
Terry Lewis17/06/2003WorsleyLabourSigned
Rob Marris17/06/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing17/06/2003Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Nick Harvey19/06/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby19/06/2003Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Harry Cohen19/06/2003Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Nigel Jones23/06/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge30/06/2003Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Marshall02/07/2003Glasgow, ShettlestonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John Austin03/07/2003Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis09/07/2003Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Denis Murphy10/07/2003WansbeckLabourSigned
Janet Dean10/07/2003BurtonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell15/07/2003Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Janet Anderson17/07/2003Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Russell Brown29/10/2003DumfriesLabourSigned

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