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Reverse E-Auctions For Palliative And Dementia Care Contracts

EDM number 1676 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 16/06/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Health services.

That this House is deeply sceptical about the use of reverse e-auctions by the NHS for palliative and dementia care contracts for the elderly when they leave hospital; regrets that where such auctions have been used, standards and quality have deteriorated rapidly; notes that one company was struck off the national register of approved providers only weeks after winning a local authority's reverse auction because the level of palliative care it offered was of such poor quality; and therefore calls on the Government to ban the practice, which is undignified and treats vulnerable elderly people as commodities to be bid for.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Spink16/06/2009Castle PointIndependentProposed
Lynne Jones16/06/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
David Simpson17/06/2009Upper BannDUPSeconded
Eric Illsley17/06/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSeconded
Phil Willis17/06/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jim Dobbin17/06/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn17/06/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock17/06/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor17/06/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Colin Breed18/06/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/06/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard22/06/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Anderson22/06/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer22/06/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
William McCrea22/06/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
John McDonnell23/06/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore23/06/2009HendonLabourSigned
David Drew23/06/2009StroudLabourSigned
Ken Purchase24/06/2009Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins24/06/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Janet Dean25/06/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Dai Davies29/06/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Rudi Vis01/07/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Linda Riordan01/07/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/07/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Katy Clark13/10/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned

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