Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Rachael Maskell (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Monday, 18 September 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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World Arthritis Day 2023

That this House celebrates World Arthritis Day, which is due to take place on 12 October 2023; welcomes its aims to raise awareness of arthritis and educates people about the symptoms, preventive measures and treatment options available; praises the work that researchers, healthcare professionals and campaigners at Versus Arthritis are doing in supporting the over 10 million people living with arthritis across the UK and their ambition to ensure that, one day, no one will have to live with the pain, fatigue and isolation that arthritis causes; recognises that having arthritis impacts a person’s life in numerous ways, including the impact on a person's ability to work, with one in five economically inactive people living with arthritis or another form of musculoskeletal condition; notes the current long NHS waiting times for people having knee and hip surgery; and calls on the Government to bring down waiting times for people with arthritis and support them to wait well across the UK.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1619 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Cat Smith

Chris Stephens

Christine Jardine

Subjects

Health education Arthritis

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk