Adverse Drug Reactions In Children (EDM237)

Adverse Drug Reactions In Children

EDM number 237 in 2002-03, proposed by Win Griffiths on 28/11/2002.

That this House welcomes the publication of 'Surveillance for fatal suspected adverse drug reaction in the United Kingdom' by A. Clarkson and I. Choonara which aimed to determine the nature and number of suspected adverse drug reactions associated with children reported through the yellow card scheme; is concerned that there were 331 deaths with 390 suspected medicines; notes that overall the benefits of all the drugs listed are likely to be far greater than risks; but hopes most earnestly that paediatricians will learn from the prime message of the paper that they should make themselves aware of guidelines which recommend avoiding certain medication in high risk groups; and further calls on the Medical Controls Agency to recognise, as the report states in its opening sentence, that the toxicity of medicines in children is clearly different from that in adults by introducing new and specific testing procedures for medicines prescribed to children.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Win Griffiths	28/11/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Proposed
Alan Simpson	28/11/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Huw Irranca-Davies	28/11/2002	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/12/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	03/12/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Andrew George	03/12/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/12/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	04/12/2002	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/12/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/12/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	04/12/2002	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/12/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	05/12/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	05/12/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
John McFall	05/12/2002	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lady Hermon	05/12/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/12/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/12/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	09/12/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/12/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/12/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/12/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	12/12/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	18/12/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	16/01/2003	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/01/2003	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	28/01/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	29/01/2003	Dagenham	Labour	Signed

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