EPILEPSY TREATMENTS

Early day motion 1921, tabled 13 November 2003 by John Battle (Labour). Signed by 22 members.

That this House welcomes national recent initiatives relating to the treatment of epilepsy; but calls on the Government to recognise the need for additional epilepsy-specific measures to enable local implementation of these initiatives; believes that, without such measures, people with epilepsy will remain exposed to a risk of misdiagnosis by non-specialists, possibly as high as 20 to 25 per cent. as highlighted by the Holton Inquiry this autumn; and notes that such people will also be at risk of sudden death in epilepsy and will lack access to many basic choices that lead to a good quality of life.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Liberal Democrat 2, Conservative 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.