Nhs Chiropody Services

EDM number 66 in 2005-06, proposed by Andrew Lansley on 17/05/2005.

That this House condemns the removal from NHS chiropody waiting lists of hundreds of thousands of patients who have not received treatment; is concerned that, where patients have been referred by GPs, the eligibility criteria set by primary care trusts or other local bodies vary considerably; notes the resulting large differences in the availability of chiropody services across different regions of the country; is further concerned that many elderly patients are therefore now being forced to pay for basic and essential chiropody care in the private sector; believes that in the target-driven culture of the NHS, the provision of services for which no targets exist will inevitably suffer as resources are diverted to targeted conditions; and calls on the Government to abandon all targets and allow medical professionals to set clinical priorities for the provision of healthcare.

This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs.