General Ophthalmic Services (EDM1213)

General Ophthalmic Services

EDM number 1213 in 2005-06, proposed by Mark Oaten on 07/12/2005.

That this House believes that proposed changes to devolve the commissioning and funding of General Ophthalmic Services contained within the Health Bill from national level to primary care trusts (PCTs) will fundamentally shift ophthalmic services from needs-based funding to budget-driven planning and damage the provision of eye care in England; notes that competition between practices has kept clinical standards high and prices fair, and that PCTs may limit the number of practices which continue to provide NHS services; further believes that these changes could result in restrictions in patient choice, waiting lists and a postcode lottery in eye care; and calls on the Government to recognise the crucial work of optometrists and opticians in providing eye care for all by maintaining the current, successful arrangement.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Oaten	07/12/2005	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	07/12/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	08/12/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/12/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Simpson	08/12/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	12/12/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	12/12/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	13/12/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Derek Conway	13/12/2005	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	13/12/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Leech	13/12/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	14/12/2005	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/12/2005	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	14/12/2005	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/12/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Pugh	15/12/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/12/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	15/12/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	19/12/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/01/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	12/01/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Mark Pritchard	16/01/2006	The Wrekin	Conservative	Signed

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