NEUROMUSCULAR SERVICES IN THE NHS WEST MIDLANDS
- Session: 2010-12
- Date tabled: 12.07.2010
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That this House congratulates the NHS West Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group on its decision to invest 400,000 in specialised neuromuscular services; notes that this will serve the 6,000 people living in the region affected by muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular conditions; further notes that the investment is the result of a six month review commmissioned by the Specialised Commissioning Group in response to the publication of the Building on the Foundations report by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign in April 2009 which highlighted the fact that half of all the children and adults with neuromuscular conditions in the West Midlands do not receive any specialised medical care; welcomes the commitment to reduce the 6.6 million spent annually on unplanned emergency admissions for people living with rare and very rare muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular conditions; calls on specialised commissioning groups across the country to follow the lead of the West Midlands; and praises the campaign led by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and the West Midlands Muscle Group, a coalition of local families, health professionals and experts in these conditions who continue to work together to fight for fair access to clinically effective, first class, specialised neuromuscular services across the West Midlands.