Patient Choice Awards

EDM number 188 in 2014-15, proposed by Virendra Kumar Sharma on 30/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health education and preventive medicine and Health staff and professions.

That this House notes that there are more than 1.2 million people in the UK on long-term warfarin treatment, many of whom are receiving excellent care and support in managing their condition; welcomes the first Patient Choice Awards event held in Parliament by the Anticoagulation Self-Monitoring Alliance to celebrate the excellent work that healthcare professionals are doing across the UK to support people on long-term warfarin wishing to self-monitor their blood clotting levels; congratulates the award winners for delivering the highest quality of care and professionalism for their patients; and calls on the Government to work closely with NHS England and clinical commissioning groups to ensure that the option of self-monitoring is made available to as many people on long-term warfarin as possible.

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