World Kidney Day 2011 (EDM1548)

World Kidney Day 2011

EDM number 1548 in 2010-12, proposed by Owen Smith on 08/03/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health services.

That this House welcomes World Kidney Day 2011, which seeks to improve the awareness, detection and treatment of kidney disease, including the link between kidney disease and hypertension; is concerned that over three million people face chronic kidney disease in the UK today and that this number is expected to rise over the next 10 years; is alarmed that an estimated 13,000 people are killed by the disease annually in this country; notes that high blood pressure may result in both kidney damage and an increased risk of stroke and other cardiovascular disease; further notes the importance of treating chronic kidney disease in order to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease and the value of screening people with cardiovascular disease for kidney disease; welcomes the imminent publication by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of the Quality Standards on Chronic Kidney Disease; and urges the Government to encourage and measure the uptake of these standards by all healthcare professionals.

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Owen Smith	08/03/2011	Pontypridd	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	08/03/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	08/03/2011	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/03/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Simpson	09/03/2011	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
Jim Shannon	09/03/2011	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Gregory Campbell	09/03/2011	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John Leech	09/03/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/03/2011	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/03/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/03/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/03/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	09/03/2011	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	09/03/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Naomi Long	09/03/2011	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/03/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stephenson	10/03/2011	Pendle	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/03/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/03/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	10/03/2011	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/03/2011	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/03/2011	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	14/03/2011	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	14/03/2011	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/03/2011	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	14/03/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	14/03/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	15/03/2011	North Down	Independent	Signed
Gordon Marsden	15/03/2011	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	15/03/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Steve Rotheram	16/03/2011	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	17/03/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Crausby	30/03/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed

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