NATIONAL OUTCOMES STRATEGY FOR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

Early day motion 2579, tabled 11 January 2012 by Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 101 members.

That this House notes that an estimated two million people have a neurological condition, excluding migraine, such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, essential tremor and motor neurone disease; further notes the findings of the National Audit Office report, Services for people with neurological conditions; further notes that neurological healthcare spending increased by 38 per cent. to 2.9 billion between 2006-07 and 2009-10, in addition to 2.4 billion spent on social care; further notesthat significant problems exist in co-ordinating health and social care; further notesthat emergency neurological hospital admissions increased by 32 per cent. between 2004-05 and 2009-10 compared to 17 per cent. for the NHS as a whole; further notesthere are considerable geographical variations in service provision; further notesthat there is no system for monitoring the impact of expenditure on neurology, or for holding commissioners to account for quality of care; and therefore urges the Government to create an outcomes strategy for neurology, overseen by a national clinical director, to address variations in service provision, deliver value for money and ensure that neurological services remain a priority.

Signatures by party: Labour 58, Liberal Democrat 25, Conservative 8, DUP 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Alliance 1, Green 1, Plaid Cymru 1.