Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kevin Barron (Labour), on Thursday, 16 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 47 members in total.

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CRITICAL CARE DECISIONS IN FETAL AND NEONATAL MEDICINE

That this House welcomes the report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine: ethical issues; is hopeful that the council's proposed guidelines on giving intensive care to extremely premature babies will help parents and doctors to make decisions about treatment in individual situations; recognises that better information about the health of premature and seriously ill babies as they grow up needs to be available to parents and doctors making these decisions; recommends the NHS train all professionals working in neonatal medicine in palliative care; urges the Government to accept further responsibility for ensuring that disabled children and their families receive equal access to high quality services; agrees that doctors should be aware of, but not driven by, the resource implications of decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine, which should be based on the best interests of the babies concerned; and notes that more could be done to avoid the high personal and financial costs of a court case when parents and doctors cannot agree on the treatment of a baby.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

CRITICAL CARE DECISIONS IN FETAL AND NEONATAL MEDICINE (122A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by John Hemming (primary, Liberal Democrat) and tabled on Thursday, 23 November 2006. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

at end add `which could be done by having an appeal tribunal including lay representation to make urgent decisions in line with the guidelines.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

122 

122A1 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Lord Lansley

Doug Naysmith

Sandra Gidley

Charlotte Atkins

Richard Taylor

Subjects

Intensive care Baby care units

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk