18969
2000-01
640
Radiotherapy Damage
Jeremy Corbyn
2001-05-03
That this House welcomes the submission by the Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure to the Prime Minister about patients who have suffered injuries as a result of radiotherapy treatment; notes the College of Radiologists' survey of cancer centres which shows a clustering of injuries at certain hospitals in certain years to women who received precautionary radiotherapy following surgery for breast cancer; notes also that their report, 'Brachial Plexus Neuropathy following Radiotherapy for Breast Carcinoma', published in 1995 indicated that the physical movement of the patient during treatment, as opposed to the machinery rotating around the patient, resulted in the overlapping of beams and hence over-dosage of healthy tissue resulting in many of the patients suffering from severe injuries; acknowledge that these appalling injuries are often so severe as to have a devastating impact on the lives of patients; is deeply concerned that despite the College of Radiologists' report indicating the fact and causation of the injuries, those sufferers have still not received compensation due to the lack of successful litigation to prove negligence; and strongly urges the Prime Minister to recognise the NHS's moral obligation to those who have sustained injuries as a result of radiotherapy by authorising the issue of ex-gratia payments to those affected as soon as possible.
Jeremy Corbyn
2001-05-03
Proposed
Islington North
Labour
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
2001-05-03
Signed
Wealden
Conservative
Edward Davey
2001-05-03
Signed
Kingston & Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Terry Davis
2001-05-08
Signed
Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Labour
Robert Wareing
2001-05-08
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Labour
Bill Michie
2001-05-09
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Labour
Derek Wyatt
2001-05-09
Signed
Sittingbourne & Sheppey
Labour
Mike Hancock
2001-05-09
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Norman Godman
2001-05-09
Signed
Greenock & Inverclyde
Labour
Kevin McNamara
2001-05-09
Signed
Kingston upon Hull North
Labour
Lynne Jones
2001-05-09
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2001-05-09
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Martin Smyth
2001-05-09
Signed
Belfast South
UUP
Ann Cryer
2001-05-10
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Bill Etherington
2001-05-10
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Win Griffiths
2001-05-10
Signed
Bridgend
Labour
Harry Barnes
2001-05-10
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Labour
Paul Tyler
2001-05-10
Signed
North Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Rudi Vis
2001-05-10
Signed
Finchley & Golders Green
Labour