Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 15 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 31 members in total.

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NHS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

That this House congratulates the Nursing Times for its campaign to improve the availability and quality of medical equipment used by nursing staff; notes that a survey carried out by the journal found that one in five nurses said they had been forced to re-use equipment intended for single use only, one in five said they have been expected to use broken equipment, one third said they had been expected to use equipment they had not been trained to use, and one in 10 said they could not access defibrillators; and calls on the government to take steps to ensure that nurses have the equipment they need to do their jobs, including ensuring that all equipment is maintained and in good working order, that appropriate training is provided, that single use equipment is not re-used, and that outdated equipment is replaced.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1683 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

NHS Nurses Medical equipment

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk