NICE AND MACULAR DEGENERATION

Early day motion 1455, tabled 17 June 2002 by Vera Baird (Labour). Signed by 105 members.

That this House is appalled by the provisional recommendation of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence that elderly patients suffering from macular degeneration be refused photodynamic therapy until after they have gone blind in one eye; regards such a suggestion as penny-pinching and arguably contrary to medical ethics; and calls on NICE to think again.

Signatures by party: Labour 61, Liberal Democrat 22, Conservative 10, UUP 4, Labour/Co-operative 3, Scottish National Party 3, Plaid Cymru 2.