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Exercise Referral To Treat Depression

EDM number 872 in 2004-05, proposed by Lynne Jones on 09/03/2005.

That this House welcomes the launch during Mental Health Action Week of a year-long campaign by the Mental Health Foundation to increase the use of exercise referral to treat mild and moderate depression; notes the 2,000 per cent. increase in the cost of antidepressant prescriptions over the last 12 years; further notes clinical guidelines which promote the use of physical exercise for depressed patients and discourage the use of antidepressants as a firstline treatment for mild depression; welcomes new research by the Mental Health Foundation which shows that few general practitioners offer exercise referral, and a vast majority still turn to antidepressants as their firstline treatment; recognises the pressure on primary care staff caused by the lack of available alternatives to antidepressants; and believes that exercise referral is a popular, available and effective treatment that is congruent with the Government's own public health plans, and should be promoted to all general practitioners.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones09/03/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
Linda Perham10/03/2005Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge10/03/2005Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor10/03/2005North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Peter Bottomley10/03/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Win Griffiths10/03/2005BridgendLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths10/03/2005Reading EastLabourSigned
Ian Gibson10/03/2005Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George10/03/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds10/03/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/03/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell10/03/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Alan Meale10/03/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Nigel Jones10/03/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins10/03/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton14/03/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Betty Williams14/03/2005ConwyLabourSigned
John Battle14/03/2005Leeds WestLabourSigned
Anne Campbell14/03/2005CambridgeLabourSigned
Harry Barnes14/03/2005North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock14/03/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew14/03/2005StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Sue Doughty14/03/2005GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer14/03/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton14/03/2005GowerLabourSigned
Annette Brooke14/03/2005Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell14/03/2005Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/03/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara15/03/2005Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn15/03/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Hywel Williams15/03/2005CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Edward O'Hara16/03/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Clive Efford16/03/2005ElthamLabourSigned
Rudi Vis16/03/2005Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Parmjit Gill17/03/2005Leicester SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes04/04/2005North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeff Ennis06/04/2005Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned

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