Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Truswell (Labour), on Tuesday, 20 May 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 56 members in total.

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REVIEW OF EPILEPSY ACTION PLAN

That this House welcomes National Epilepsy Week from 18th to 24th May; notes the findings of the All-party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy that 400 lives are lost each year owing to failures to deliver good quality services to people with epilepsy, that 69,000 people with epilepsy are suffering unnecessary seizures, that 74,000 people are taking powerful drugs they do not need, and that ??189 million could be saved each year by improving the service; and calls upon the Government to set review dates for the 2003 Action Plan for Epilepsy and the 2005 National Service Framework for Long-Term Neurological Conditions.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1617 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Fraser Kemp

Norman Lamb

John Battle

Hugh Bayley

Nick Hurd

Subjects

Health services

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk