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Lymphoedema

EDM number 179 in 2008-09, proposed by Mark Williams on 08/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health services.

That this House notes that at least 100,000 people in the UK suffer from lymphoedema, a chronic swelling which can affect any part of the body; is aware that the condition can be a distressing side effect of cancer and its treatments, but also occurs far more commonly in people who have not suffered from cancer; further notes that, with access to a lymphoedema clinic and the support of a lymphoedema practitioner, patients can do much to manage and control their condition; notes with great concern that there is a postcode lottery in the treatment of lymphoedema; is disappointed that in Ceredigion and in many other areas, patients do not have access to an NHS-funded lymphoedema clinic; is concerned that often treatment is only available for patients who have lymphoedema following treatment for cancer; recognises the excellent work of the Lymphoedema Support Network, a charitable organisation that battles to raise the profile of this condition with insufficient access to public funds; and calls on the Government, in co-operation with the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government, to do more to recognise this condition, and on local health boards and primary care trusts to give full recognition to lymphoedema in all its forms, and make sure treatment is available for all patients at a local level.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Williams08/12/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratProposed
Mike Hancock09/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Adrian Sanders09/12/2008TorbayLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Taylor09/12/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Bob Spink09/12/2008Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Mark Durkan09/12/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Paul Holmes09/12/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell09/12/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn09/12/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer09/12/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George09/12/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech09/12/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle10/12/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Stephen Williams10/12/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton10/12/2008GowerLabourSigned
Annette Brooke10/12/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea10/12/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Nick Harvey10/12/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson10/12/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Alan Simpson11/12/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins11/12/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey11/12/2008Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin11/12/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard11/12/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Betty Williams15/12/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Janet Dean16/12/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington16/12/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Linda Riordan16/12/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Frank Cook16/12/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt17/12/2008CrawleyLabourSigned
Paul Burstow17/12/2008Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis18/12/2008AberavonLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty12/01/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
David Hamilton12/01/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Rudi Vis19/01/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Adam Price26/01/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Malcolm Moss26/01/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Albert Owen27/01/2009Ynys MLabourSigned
Andy Reed05/03/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady20/03/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Stephen Hepburn20/04/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton23/04/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Kim Howells05/05/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
John Austin01/06/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Norman Baker01/06/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Fisher10/06/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Tom Levitt26/10/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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