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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

EDM number 405 in 2010-12, proposed by George Howarth on 06/07/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Diseases.

That this House notes that around one in300 people in the UK is living with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis; further notes that many sufferers report the process of diagnosis can take many months or even yearsand that patients report backa lack of awareness among clinicians about the condition and possible treatments; further notes that many patients with CFS can, if they receive appropriate support, make considerable progress and live free of relapse; and calls on the Department of Health to ensure that clinical outcomes for patients with CFS form a part of its approach to reforming remuneration for healthcare commissioners and providers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Howarth06/07/2010KnowsleyLabourProposed
Mark Durkan06/07/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew George06/07/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell06/07/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock07/07/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jim Dobbin07/07/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Gregory Campbell07/07/2010East LondonderryDUPSigned
John Leech07/07/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer07/07/2010Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson07/07/2010Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Martin Caton07/07/2010GowerLabourSigned
Alan Meale07/07/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
Jim Shannon07/07/2010StrangfordDUPSigned
Eric Illsley08/07/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
David Crausby08/07/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell08/07/2010North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke08/07/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson08/07/2010Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Nicholas Soames08/07/2010Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Gordon Marsden08/07/2010Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie12/07/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Stephen Hepburn12/07/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Lorely Burt12/07/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Duncan Hames12/07/2010ChippenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stephenson12/07/2010PendleConservativeSigned
Katy Clark13/07/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Michael Crockart13/07/2010Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mary Glindon14/07/2010North TynesideLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds15/07/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Roger Williams15/07/2010Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell19/07/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Hywel Francis20/07/2010AberavonLabourSigned
Bill Esterson20/07/2010Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Albert Owen21/07/2010Ynys MLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy21/07/2010GlenrothesLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson22/07/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan27/07/2010HalifaxLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson06/09/2010Washington and Sunderland WestLabourSigned
Mark Williams15/09/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned

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