Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 30 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 88 members in total.

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PHOTO DYNAMIC THERAPY

That this House notes the remarkable work of University College Hospital, London and other UK hospitals in developing photo dynamic therapy for the treatment of a range of cancers and other conditions; further notes that the treatment is much less invasive and less traumatic for the patient compared to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, that evidence points to impressive survival rates and that treatment is highly cost-effective; nevertheless notes that photo dynamic therapy is only available in a very small number of NHS hospitals, and that availability is falling; further notes that the Richards' Cancer Review recommended a systematic review of photo dynamic therapy with a view to promoting and extending the use of the therapy across the NHS; expresses regret that progress on this review appears to be moving very slowly; and calls on the Government to take urgent steps to develop the potential for this therapy in the NHS.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2395 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Vincent Cable

Ian Gibson

Sandra Gidley

Greg Mulholland

Adrian Sanders

Subjects

Health services Diseases Innovation Medicine

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk