ZITO TRUST

Early day motion 66, tabled 8 December 2000 by Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Conservative). Signed by 70 members.

That this House welcomes the publication of the Zito Trust survey of UK health authorities, 'Are local NHS services for treating severe mental illness adequate?'; notes with concern the key findings that access to the most appropriate and effective treatments, such as the new generation of antipsychotic drugs with reduced side-effects for the 500,000 people suffering from schizophrenia in the UK is being denied to a large number of patients, that non-compliance with medication in the community is recognised as posing serious difficulties for patients and their carers, and that funding of services is seen as inadequate; and, therefore urges the Government to implement the report's recommendations at the earliest opportunity.

Signatures by party: Labour 35, Liberal Democrat 21, Conservative 7, Labour/Co-operative 4, Plaid Cymru 2, UUP 1.