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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Cox (Labour), on Wednesday, 23 October 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 49 members in total.

REFUSAL OF NHS TRUST TO ADMIT PATIENTS OVER 75 YEARS OF AGE

That this house demands a full statement by the Secretary of State for Health on the refusal by a London NHS trust to admit emergencies aged over 75 years referred by general practitioners; and calls for a reassurance for the aged that should they fall ill they will not be left to die because the Government continues to reward bureaucracy before patient care.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

REFUSAL OF NHS TRUST TO ADMIT PATIENTS OVER 75 YEARS OF AGE (34A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Michael Shersby (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Tuesday, 5 November 1996. It has been signed by 2 members in total.
leave out from 'House' to end and add 'notes that Hillingdon Hospital Trust did not refuse to admit patients over 75 referred by general practitioners from its catchment area; notes that the action taken by the Chief Executive of the Trust was to ask practitioners in the north of the borough to refer elderly patients to Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, in order to ensure that they were referred to the most convenient local hospital; and further notes that 30 additional beds have been made available in the community to relieve pressure on acute beds at Hillingdon Hospital and a further six beds at Mount Vernon Hospital to provide enhanced services for general practitioner's patients in the north of the borough following additional investment by the local health authority of ??283,000 as a result of which admissions to Hillingdon Hospital are no longer under pressure.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
34 
34A1 
Session
1996-97
Other sponsors
Terry Davis
Max Madden
Bill Etherington
Lord Hardy of Wath
John Austin
Subjects
Older people NHS trusts
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk