Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Christopher Fraser (Conservative), on Tuesday, 10 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 135 members in total.

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PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

That this House congratulates The Prostate Cancer Charity on launching the It Matters campaign during the first Prostate Cancer Awareness Month to highlight that more investment is needed in prostate cancer; notes that 35,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the UK and one man dies every hour of the disease; expresses concern that men living with prostate cancer report the worst NHS experience of all common cancers; calls on the Government to expedite its planned programme of national cancer patient experience surveys to assess whether this position has changed; further notes that in order to decrease mortality from prostate cancer there is a need to invest in more research to develop a new generation test for prostate cancer, capable of distinguishing between aggressive and slow-growing forms of prostate cancer; and calls on the Government to play an active role in providing leadership in the global search for such a test.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1045 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Ian Gibson

Nicholas Winterton

Richard Taylor

David Heath

Lord Bannside

Subjects

Diseases

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk