Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Virendra Sharma (Labour), on Tuesday, 9 May 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day 2023

That this House welcomes World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day on 19 May; understands that there are over 500,000 people in the UK living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, the two main forms of which are Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis; appreciates the work of Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s Early Diagnosis campaign, which puts a focus on the importance of early diagnosis of Crohn’s and Colitis; notes with concern that more than a quarter of people wait longer than one year for a diagnosis and that many people have to visit A&E departments for emergency treatment; further understands that delays in diagnosis can impact hugely on quality of life, disrupting education and work; regrets that patients who wait longest to be diagnosed with Crohn’s or Colitis are two to four times more likely to have complex disease that requires surgery; understands that reducing delays to diagnosis will improve the quality of life of patients, while reducing the wider costs to the NHS; and urges the Government to invest in a public campaign to raise awareness of digestive and bowel disease to improve diagnosis over the next five years.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1135 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Chris Stephens

Philippa Whitford

Christine Jardine

Subjects

Inflammatory bowel disease

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk