Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Keith Vaz (Labour), on Tuesday, 10 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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DIABETES TREATMENT IN PHARMACIES

That this House welcomes the announcement by Boots that it intends to offer in-store diabetes treatments; acknowledges that pharmacists carrying out diabetes treatments will reduce patient delays and reduce GP waiting times; notes that 80 per cent of NHS spending on diabetes is on avoidable complications and that this could be reduced by easily accessible and prompt treatment; further notes that community pharmacies are facing cuts of £170 million which could see 3,000 out of 11,674 pharmacies close; and urges the Government to mitigate these cuts by utilising community pharmacies to provide free services to patients and relieve pressure on the NHS.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1448 

Session

2015-16

Other sponsors

Alasdair McDonnell

Virendra Sharma

Jim Shannon

David Simpson

John McNally

Subjects

Health Health services Diseases Expenditure

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk