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Refusal Of Hospital Treatment To Mr Edward Atkinson

EDM number 2677 in 2005-06, proposed by Elfyn Llwyd on 09/10/2006.

That this House notes that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, withdrew all non-life-threatening treatment from 74-year-old pensioner, Edward Atkinson, when he was discharged from prison having served 21 days of a 28-day sentence; notes that his offence was sending pictures of aborted infants to hospital staff; further notes that the pictures were described as indecent or grossly offensive but stresses that, alougth the pictures are extremely disturbing, nobody has denied their accuracy; further notes that this explains in great part the growing NHS problem of young doctors refusing to carry out abortions so that hospitals are compelled to refer cases to clinics where the NHS finances the operations; notes, furthermore, that Mr Atkinson regarded the exercise as educational and at no time came into contact with or spoke to any member of the hospital staff nor did he address them abusively in letters sent with the photographs; notes, moreover, that he has never been accused of threatening behaviour and therefore cannot be accused of physical or verbal abuse of staff; further notes that, unless the behaviour of criminals is deemed to be a threat to hospital staff, they are always provided with appropriate medical and hospital care and they are not banned from such when discharged from prison having served their sentences; and calls on the Government to require the Queen Elizabeth Hospital to provide Mr Atkinson with hospital care as necessary, including the hip replacement operation he needs and continued care for diabetes at the hospital clinic from which he is now banned.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Elfyn Llwyd09/10/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruProposed
Tim Farron09/10/2006Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Simpson09/10/2006Upper BannDUPSeconded
Nigel Evans09/10/2006Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink09/10/2006Castle PointConservativeSeconded
David Amess09/10/2006Southend WestConservativeSeconded
Iris Robinson10/10/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
Ann Cryer10/10/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin10/10/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley10/10/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Drew11/10/2006StroudLabourSigned
Helen Goodman11/10/2006Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
John Hemming11/10/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Winterton11/10/2006MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Hywel Williams11/10/2006CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Mike Hancock11/10/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson12/10/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell12/10/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ann Winterton12/10/2006CongletonConservativeSigned
John Pugh16/10/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan16/10/2006FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned

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