EPILEPSY SPECIALIST NURSES

Early day motion 591, tabled 22 July 2010 by Stuart Andrew (Conservative). Signed by 124 members.

That this House welcomes Epilepsy Action's report Best Care: the value of epilepsy specialist nurses; supports Epilepsy Action's campaign to preserve epilepsy specialist nurse (ESN) posts; recognises the invaluable contribution to patient care of the epilepsy specialist nurse; notes that ESNs save costs by reducing demand on consultants' time, reducing hospital admissions and reducing emergency readmissions; further recognises the increasing threat to ESNs of redundancy, reduced working hours or assignment to non-specialist duties as trusts seek short-term cost savings; and calls on the Government to ensure there is a national plan to enable all patients who are assessed as requiring access to an ESN to have that access.

Signatures by party: Labour 81, Liberal Democrat 25, Conservative 9, DUP 3, Scottish National Party 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Alliance 1, Green 1.