BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION'S DOUBT KILLS CAMPAIGN

EDM number 245 in 2006-07, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 22/11/2006.

That this House welcomes the Doubt Kills campaign launched by the British Heart Foundation, which highlights the importance of recognising the early symptoms of a heart attack and promotes the importance of calling 999 immediately; notes that the campaign includes radio and television advertisements as well as a poster campaign with the heading Chest Pain is Your Body Saying Call 999; further notes that the average heart attack victim waits 90 minutes after the first mild symptoms arise to call for an ambulance and that the mortality rate is twice as high for patients treated four to six hours after the onset of symptoms as it is with patients treated within one to two hours; and calls on the Government to back the campaign.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs.