Sue Ryder's Report: The Forgotten Millions

EDM number 844 in 2012-13, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 12/12/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Community care, Diseases and Health services.

That this House expresses it support for the findings of the report The Forgotten Millions: reforming social care services for people living with neurological conditions recently published by the health and social care charity, Sue Ryder; further expresses concern that only 10 per cent of the local authorities who responded to the charity's survey have an agreed commissioning strategy for people with neurological conditions, that onlyfive per cent of responding local authorities know how many individuals with any neurological condition they care for and that onlysix per cent of local authorities categorise all specific neurological conditions; and supports the recommendations made by the charity that in order for the problems highlighted by the report to be addressed there is a need for strong leadershipat anational and local level, thatrobust data collection musttake place, that the postcode lotteryof service provision must end and that the nationally-recognised standards of care and support for people with neurological conditons must be introduced.

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