Sickle Cell Disease

EDM number 2037 in 2007-08, proposed by Norman Lamb on 15/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health services.

That this House observes that sickle cell disease is one of the most common genetic diseases in the country and affects over 12,500 people in the UK; notes that knowledge of the condition is still low and welcomes the start of Sickle Cell Awareness Month; recognises that access to care and support for patients with sickle cell disease varies widely across the UK; welcomes the publication by the Sickle Cell Society of the Standards for the Clinical Care of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease in the UK; and recommends that the standards be implemented and services audited in an attempt to raise levels of care and reduce the health inequalities which many sickle cell patients currently face.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.