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Over-Medication Of The Elderly (No. 2)

EDM number 1565 in 1997-98, proposed by Paul Flynn on 16/07/1998.

That this House is shocked by the evidence from the Alzheimer's Disease Society and Age Concern on the dangers of the over-medication of the elderly; is alarmed by reports that up to one in five admissions to hospital of the elderly are caused by the misuse of medicines and by investigations in England and Scotland that found 54 per cent. and 88 per cent. of prescriptions of powerful neuroleptic drugs in care homes were wrongly prescribed; congratulates the School of Psychiatry of the University of Manchester on their recent study which resulted in reduced drug use in homes with no detriment to the mental and physical health of residents and savings of substantial sums of money that could be re-used to improve care services; and calls on the Government to replicate widely the reviews nationally in the interests of care home residents and staff.

This motion has been signed by a total of 89 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Flynn16/07/1998Newport WestLabourProposed
Martin Caton17/07/1998GowerLabourSigned
Frank Cook17/07/1998Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore17/07/1998HendonLabourSigned
Brian Iddon20/07/1998Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Lynne Jones20/07/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara20/07/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe20/07/1998LeighLabourSigned
John Austin20/07/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Norman Baker20/07/1998LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley20/07/1998Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Dennis Skinner21/07/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Audrey Wise21/07/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge21/07/1998Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer21/07/1998Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock21/07/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings21/07/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden21/07/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Terry Lewis21/07/1998WorsleyLabourSigned
Nigel Jones21/07/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice21/07/1998PendleLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours22/07/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin22/07/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tom Cox22/07/1998TootingLabourSigned
Michael Clapham22/07/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Bill Michie22/07/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Colin Pickthall22/07/1998West LancashireLabourSigned
Rudi Vis23/07/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Williams23/07/1998Swansea WestLabourSigned
Roy Beggs23/07/1998East AntrimUUPSigned
Anne Begg23/07/1998Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable23/07/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey23/07/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Smyth23/07/1998Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Alan Simpson23/07/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Terry Davis24/07/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Syd Rapson27/07/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Llin Golding27/07/1998Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Robert Wareing27/07/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer28/07/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew28/07/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Maria Eagle28/07/1998Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Clive Efford28/07/1998ElthamLabourSigned
Bill Etherington28/07/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie28/07/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerry Bermingham28/07/1998St Helens SouthLabourSigned
Beverley Hughes28/07/1998Stretford & UrmstonLabourSigned
David Chaytor28/07/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen28/07/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Allan Rogers28/07/1998RhonddaLabourSigned
Chris Ruane28/07/1998Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith28/07/1998Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford28/07/1998Wirral WestLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw28/07/1998Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith29/07/1998Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Wood29/07/1998Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Harry Barnes29/07/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths29/07/1998Reading EastLabourSigned
Norman Godman29/07/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick29/07/1998Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay29/07/1998ThurrockLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp29/07/1998Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Helen Jackson29/07/1998Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Marsha Singh29/07/1998Bradford WestLabourSigned
Debra Shipley29/07/1998StourbridgeLabourSigned
Chris Pond29/07/1998GraveshamLabourSigned
Joe Ashton30/07/1998BassetlawLabourSigned
Paul Goggins30/07/1998Wythenshawe & Sale EastLabourSigned
David Lepper30/07/1998Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle30/07/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser30/07/1998DoverLabourSigned
Julia Drown30/07/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra31/07/1998Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence31/07/1998Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Janet Dean31/07/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Roger Berry31/07/1998KingswoodLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell02/09/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Betty Williams02/09/1998ConwyLabourSigned
Desmond Turner02/09/1998Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Harold Best02/09/1998Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas02/09/1998CrosbyLabourSigned
Roger Casale02/09/1998WimbledonLabourSigned
Christine Butler02/09/1998Castle PointLabourSigned
Diana Organ02/09/1998Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Ruth Kelly02/09/1998Bolton WestLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood02/09/1998ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Phil Sawford02/09/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Chris Mullin19/10/1998Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/11/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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