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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Mental health of spinal cord injured people (17 November 2021)

Motion Details

That this House acknowledges recent research into the mental health requirements and difficulties for people with a spinal cord injury that shows 40 per cent had depression and 28 per cent had experienced suicidal thoughts; notes that it is important for newly injured spinal cord injured people to be able to access timely and appropriate mental health support; further notes that NHS health professionals who care for spinal cord injured people must understand the mental health aspects of a spinal cord injury; and calls on the Government to increase funding and capacity to meet the lifelong mental health needs of the spinal cord injured community in the UK.

Sponsored by:
Margaret Greenwood (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
11
69%
 
 
Conservative
1
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
6%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
6%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
6%
 
 
Independent
1
6%
 
Sponsor List (16 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Paula Barker
Liverpool Wavertree
Lab
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
Lab
Dan Carden
Liverpool Walton
Lab
Margaret Greenwood (Sponsor)
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
Lab
Kim Johnson
Liverpool Riverside
Lab
Rebecca Long Bailey
Salford
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Chris Stephens
Lab
Sir Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
Ind
Claudia Webbe

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