Inverness Diabetes Centre

EDM number 310 in 2012-13, proposed by Keith Vaz on 03/07/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health services and Research and innovation.

That this House welcomes the 9.5 million investment in Lifescan's Inverness site for the research and development of the company's blood glucose monitoring work; acknowledges that diabetes is one of the world's fastest growing medical conditions; notes the contribution of this investment to the improved monitoring of diabetes in the future through glucose test strips and electronic meters; further notes the contribution of 2.8 millionto the project by the Scottish Government agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise; and calls on the Government to look at further collaborations with the industry to foster world-class research in the UK into managing the diabetes epidemic.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.