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National Refractory Angina Centre

EDM number 1813 in 2010-12, proposed by George Howarth on 16/05/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Health services.

That this House pays tribute to the work carried out by the National Refractory Angina Centre (NRAC) headed by Professor Mike Chester, which has received national and international acclaim for its pioneering work; notes the contribution made by the NRAC Patients' Support Group, which has hundreds of members; expresses grave concern that Professor Chester's reputation has unfairly been targeted by means of false allegations and flawed disciplinary procedures; further notes that the Patients' Support Group, which fully supports Professor Chester, having tried unsuccessfully to resolve the current difficulties with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals Trust, has been victimised and has been inappropriately pressured to make false formal complaints against Professor Chester by senior Trust staff, in several cases by means of threats as regards future treatment; and further notes that the Patients' Support Group has succeeded in initiating a General Medical Council investigation into what has occurred and, pending that investigation, calls on the Government to instruct the hospital authorities to desist from applying inappropriate pressure on the Patients' Support Group and individual patients.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Howarth16/05/2011KnowsleyLabourProposed
Graham Stringer17/05/2011Blackley and BroughtonLabourSeconded
Rosie Cooper17/05/2011West LancashireLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock17/05/2011Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton18/05/2011GowerLabourSeconded
Alan Meale18/05/2011MansfieldLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins19/05/2011Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn19/05/2011Newport WestLabourSigned
Dave Watts24/05/2011St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds08/06/2011Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Barry Sheerman13/06/2011HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Jim McGovern15/06/2011Dundee WestLabourSigned
John Hemming22/06/2011Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned

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