Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tim Yeo (Conservative), on Tuesday, 11 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 85 members in total.

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EPILEPSY WEEK 16th-22nd MAY

That this House welcomes Epilepsy Week 2004, which takes place between 16th and 22nd May; notes that this is an annual event and that the emphasis for this year's series of events is 'Epilepsy in Primary Care'; congratulates the National Society for Epilepsy in carrying out a poll for this year's Epilepsy Week to ascertain the standard of care general practitioners are providing to people with epilepsy; awaits with interest the results of this poll when they are published; notes with concern that people with epilepsy have a risk of premature death that is two or three times higher than the general population, that every year in the UK about 1,000 people die as a result of epilepsy, and that most of these deaths are associated with seizures; believes from the results of the research commissioned by last year's Epilepsy Week that the need to educate people properly about epilepsy is ongoing; and warmly commends all those involved in organising this series of events.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1160 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Death Health services Health education General practitioners Epilepsy Primary care Standards Epilepsy Society Mortality rates

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk