Parity Of Prescription Of Drugs For The Treatment Of Cancer (EDM1518)

Parity Of Prescription Of Drugs For The Treatment Of Cancer

EDM number 1518 in 2005-06, proposed by Sharon Hodgson on 30/01/2006.

That this House condemns the continuing postcode lottery in cancer treatment as illustrated by two cases in Gateshead East and Washington West; notes that bowel cancer sufferer Jack Wilson, 66 years of age, has been refused Cetuximab by the NHS because it costs too much although it has been used elsewhere on humanitarian grounds; further notes that 61 year old retired newsagent and grandfather, Fred Fergus, who has a brain tumour, is receiving radiotherapy but has had to use his life savings of Â£10,000 to pay privately for temozolamide which may extend his life expectancy; welcomes the recent report from the Public Accounts Committee which examined stark inequalities in cancer death rates around the country and inequalities in the availability of the most effective cancer drugs; believes that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the rules of the Northern Cancer Network are failing the North East; further believes that NICE should be ensuring that the same treatments are available in every part of the country; and urges the Government to fund all clinically agreed drug treatments and speed up NICE approvals so that the chance to live longer is not dependent on private means or where a person lives.

This motion has been signed by a total of 65 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sharon Hodgson	30/01/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Proposed
Bob Spink	31/01/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Nigel Dodds	31/01/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Seconded
Robert Wareing	31/01/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Seconded
Jeff Ennis	31/01/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Seconded
Keith Vaz	31/01/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	31/01/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	31/01/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Ian Gibson	31/01/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	01/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/02/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	01/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	01/02/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	01/02/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	01/02/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/02/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/02/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	01/02/2006	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/02/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	01/02/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	01/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	02/02/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	06/02/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	06/02/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	06/02/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	07/02/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	07/02/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/02/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	08/02/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/02/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/02/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	08/02/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Hywel Francis	08/02/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	09/02/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	09/02/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	09/02/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	09/02/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Wallace	09/02/2006	Lancaster and Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Ian Austin	09/02/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	09/02/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	09/02/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	09/02/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	13/02/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Brown	13/02/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/02/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/02/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	15/02/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	15/02/2006	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	15/02/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	27/02/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	27/02/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	27/02/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	27/02/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	27/02/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	01/03/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	02/03/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	03/03/2006	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/03/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Austin Mitchell	07/03/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Christopher Fraser	20/04/2006	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed

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