Self Care Week
EDM number 1802 in 2017-19, proposed by Kevin Barron on 01/11/2018.
That this House welcomes Self Care Week, 12 to 18 November 2018, which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of self care and encourage people to Choose Self Care for Life; congratulates the Self Care Forum for organising Self Care Week and its ongoing work to promote self care; recognises the importance of self care for self-treatable conditions and empowering people to better look after their physical health and mental wellbeing, prevent avoidable ill health and effectively manage long term conditions; acknowledges the need to improve health literacy and educate people on when to self care, when to visit a pharmacist and when to choose a GP or A&E; and calls on the Government and NHS England to place a national strategy for self care at the heart of the forthcoming NHS Long Term Plan to ensure the future sustainability of the National Health Service.
This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Barron | 01/11/2018 | Rother Valley | Labour | Proposed |
Robert Syms | 01/11/2018 | Poole | Conservative | Seconded |
George Howarth | 01/11/2018 | Knowsley | Labour | Seconded |
Michael Penning | 01/11/2018 | Hemel Hempstead | Conservative | Seconded |
Stephen Lloyd | 01/11/2018 | Eastbourne | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Jim Shannon | 01/11/2018 | Strangford | DUP | Seconded |
Bob Blackman | 05/11/2018 | Harrow East | Conservative | Signed |
Chris Stephens | 05/11/2018 | Glasgow South West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Paul Farrelly | 05/11/2018 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 06/11/2018 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Mary Glindon | 06/11/2018 | North Tyneside | Labour | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 06/11/2018 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 12/11/2018 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Evans | 12/11/2018 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
Mark Hendrick | 21/11/2018 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
Ruth George | 26/11/2018 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
David Crausby | 28/11/2018 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |


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