ONLINE SUPPORT FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND RELATIVES

Early day motion 1400, tabled 30 April 2009 by David Anderson (Labour). Signed by 23 members.

That this House warmly welcomes the establishment of JustVisiting.com, a not-for-profit company which aims to celebrate and support patient care and develop an online community to unite friends and families when a relative is in hospital; notes that it is a completely secure, confidential, easy to use and easily accessible website; further notes that it has the support as patrons of author Bill Bryson and former Chief Medical Officer and Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute, Professor Sir Kenneth Calman; and congratulates Gateshead Council and the local NHS Trust for their support of this innovative idea.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Liberal Democrat 2.