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Lifeworks And Community Mental Health

EDM number 28 in 2014-15, proposed by Julian Huppert on 04/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Health services and Mental health.

That this House notes with concern the proposed closure of the Lifeworks service in Cambridge, which helps people with borderline personality disorder, and that the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust (CPFT) failed to adequately consult on the closure; further notes that mental health services across the country have been underfunded for many years, especially in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; expresses concern that the savings from reducing community mental health care lead to substantial extra costs for other services, including accident and emergency, GPs and the police, which are not properly accounted for; highlights that there continues to be a high level of stigma associated with mental health conditions; calls on the Government and NHS England to provide more funding for mental health services, support parity of esteem, and implement equal tariff deflators for mental and physical health care; and further calls on the CPFT to listen to the response to their new consultation and restore the Lifeworks service.

This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Julian Huppert04/06/2014CambridgeLiberal DemocratProposed
John Leech09/06/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton10/06/2014GowerLabourSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd11/06/2014Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
William McCrea11/06/2014South AntrimDUPSeconded
Alasdair McDonnell11/06/2014Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Paul Flynn12/06/2014Newport WestLabourSigned
Sheila Gilmore12/06/2014Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Albert Owen16/06/2014Ynys MLabourSigned
Mike Hancock17/06/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned

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