Alimta And Treatment For Mesothelioma Sufferers

EDM number 635 in 2009-10, proposed by Alan Meale on 18/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health services and Medicine.

That this House is aware that the anti-cancer drug Alimta is enormously beneficial in the treatment of mesothelioma tumours; recalls that sufferers in Scotland and parts of England and Wales have had access to the drug via cancer networks and primary care trusts; is therefore alarmed that the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has indicated that it is not minded to recommend Alimta for prescription to patients despite its known efficacy; and calls on the Government to ignore such advice, which deals mainly with NICE's narrow definition of cost effectiveness rather than the clinical needs of sufferers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Meale	18/01/2010	Mansfield	Labour	Proposed
Andrew Pelling	18/01/2010	Croydon Central	Independent	Seconded
Jane Kennedy	19/01/2010	Liverpool, Wavertree	Labour	Seconded
Gregory Campbell	19/01/2010	East Londonderry	DUP	Seconded
Graham Stringer	19/01/2010	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	19/01/2010	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	19/01/2010	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/01/2010	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/01/2010	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/01/2010	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/01/2010	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	19/01/2010	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	19/01/2010	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	19/01/2010	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/01/2010	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	20/01/2010	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	20/01/2010	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/01/2010	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	20/01/2010	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/01/2010	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	20/01/2010	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	20/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	20/01/2010	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/01/2010	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Battle	21/01/2010	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/01/2010	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	21/01/2010	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/01/2010	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/01/2010	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	25/01/2010	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/01/2010	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/01/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	27/01/2010	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	27/01/2010	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
David Anderson	01/02/2010	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	02/02/2010	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	02/02/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	03/02/2010	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	03/02/2010	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	08/02/2010	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	09/02/2010	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Janet Anderson	23/02/2010	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed

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