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Centre Of Excellence For Diabetes In Leicester

EDM number 1821 in 2007-08, proposed by Keith Vaz on 17/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health education and preventive medicine and Health services.

That this House notes that the week commencing 9th June is marked National Diabetes Week; acknowledges that there could be approximately half a million people in the country who are unaware they have diabetes including 66,000 people in Leicestershire; believes that it is important that the Government's strategy is directed towards prevention of diabetes; welcomes the statements made by the Minister for Health, the hon. Member for Exeter, on the proposal to establish a Diabetes Centre of Excellence in Leicester on the site of Leicester General Hospital; commends Leicester City Primary Care Trust, its Chief Executive, Tim Rideout, and experts in the field, including Professor Melanie Davies and Professor Azhar Farooqi OBE, for their commitment and dedication in the prevention and treatment of diabetes and their proposal for a Diabetes Centre of Excellence to be established as soon as possible; and further notes that the Centre for Excellence will serve not just the people of Leicester but act as a template for the rest of the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz17/06/2008Leicester EastLabourProposed
David Simpson18/06/2008Upper BannDUPSeconded
Lynne Jones18/06/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell18/06/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle18/06/2008ChorleyLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins19/06/2008Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn19/06/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer20/06/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell23/06/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin23/06/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Robert Wareing24/06/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
William McCrea25/06/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Alasdair McDonnell25/06/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mike Hancock25/06/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley26/06/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alan Simpson02/07/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis02/07/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned

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