Atrial Fibrillation (EDM1018)

Atrial Fibrillation

EDM number 1018 in 2012-13, proposed by Barry Sheerman on 05/02/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health education and preventive medicine.

That this House notes with concern the increased risk of stroke for sufferers of atrial fibrillation, which is the most common heart rhythm disturbance and affects up to 750,000 people in the UK; recognises the limited attention paid to preventing strokes caused by the condition by the healthcare sector; and calls for a national campaign to heighten awareness, improve GPs' knowledge and enhance quality care for the condition.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Barry Sheerman	05/02/2013	Huddersfield	Labour	Proposed
Mark Durkan	05/02/2013	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Jim Shannon	06/02/2013	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
William McCrea	06/02/2013	South Antrim	DUP	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	06/02/2013	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	06/02/2013	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
John McDonnell	06/02/2013	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	06/02/2013	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/02/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	06/02/2013	Islington North	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	06/02/2013	Bradford West	Respect	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/02/2013	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	07/02/2013	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	07/02/2013	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Neil Carmichael	11/02/2013	Stroud	Conservative	Signed
Grahame Morris	11/02/2013	Easington	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/02/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim McGovern	11/02/2013	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	12/02/2013	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Katy Clark	12/02/2013	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	13/02/2013	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	13/02/2013	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/02/2013	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
George Howarth	13/02/2013	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	13/02/2013	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	14/02/2013	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
David Ward	14/02/2013	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Valerie Vaz	25/02/2013	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	26/02/2013	North Down	Independent	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	27/02/2013	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	07/03/2013	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	12/03/2013	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/03/2013	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed

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