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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Linda Riordan (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Tuesday, 8 July 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 64 members in total.


NATIONAL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AWARENESS WEEK

That this House congratulates the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) on holding its second national Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness (RA) week from 16 to 22 June 2014; notes that the autoimmune disease RA affects over 690,000 people throughout the UK; further notes the important work that NRAS does to raise awareness of this disease and provide support to those affected; welcomes the publication of a new NRAS report on the impact of chronic fatigue; further notes the report's findings regarding the high impact of chronic fatigue on worklessness and quality of life; and calls on the Government to better prioritise the management of chronic fatigue within long-term conditions and strategies and to reform the work capability assessment descriptors to properly capture the impact of chronic fatigue.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
234 
Session
2014-15
Other sponsors
Gerald Kaufman
Mark Durkan
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
Pat Glass
Subjects
Health education Rheumatoid arthritis
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk