NEONATAL RESPONSE TO LATEX SENSITISATION

Early day motion 532, tabled 14 April 1999 by Frank Cook (Labour). Signed by 10 members.

That this House applauds the achievement of Jennifer Worth SRN,SCM, in securing first prize in Action Against Allergies annual essay competition with her hypothesis entitled Neonatal Sensitisation to Latex; commends highly this retired nurse on her most original rationale and very pertinent set of propositions; notes that she concedes freely that to date there is no scientific proof of her thesis; acknowledges that serious concern has been generated by, and research is being conducted into, the forms and levels of allergy thought to be attributable to adverse reactions to latex in adults generally and health service workers particularly; notes with some alarm that no such programmes of enquiry appear to be underway in the study of neonatal response to the same stimulus; and appeals to the Secretary of State for Health to promote as a matter of urgency epidemiological research in this field of enquiry so as to determine whether or not there is any rectifiable cause for concern in Jennifer Worth's postulation.

Signatures by party: Labour 10.