Parliamentary business
Early Day Motion 1967
That this House notes the closure of
the Maypole Nursing Home in Birmingham in 2003 and the subsequent
decision of the General Medical Council in January 2006 to strike
off the two GPs who owned the home from the medical register for
`inappropriate, irresponsible and inadequate behaviour' after the
death in just one year of 28 elderly people at the home, the
owners having certified that 80 per cent. of these deaths were
from bronchopneumonia despite a lack of any medical records or
other evidence in support; as a consequence urgently calls for the
Government to ensure that the chances of such events occurring
again be minimised by outlawing the practice of GPs having a
financial interest in nursing homes to which they allocate
patients from their own lists; and further calls on the Government
to implement without further delay the recommendations of the
Shipman Inquiry Third Report July 2003 relating to certification
of deaths by the coroner's service and random audit of death
certificates to ensure accuracy of recording.
Signed by: Vincent Cable, Jim Dobbin, John Hemming, Roger Godsiff,
Gordon Marsden, Iris Robinson, John Leech, Lindsay Hoyle, Tom
Brake, Lyn Brown,
Jeremy Corbyn, Julie Morgan, David Drew Mark Williams, Rob Marris,
Bill Etherington, Dr Brian Iddon, Nigel Dodds, Lady Hermon, Paul
Keetch, David Simpson, Dr William McCrea, Phil Willis, Andrew
George, Alan Simpson, Martin Caton, Brian Jenkins, Lynne Jones,
Paul Flynn, Gordon Prentice, Mike Hancock, Peter Bottomley, Dr
Rudi Vis, Adrian Sanders, Ann Cryer, Mark Hunter, Jim Devine,
Lorely Burt, Steve Webb, Jeremy Browne, Susan Kramer, Paul Rowen,
Annette Brooke, Stephen Williams, Sandra Gidley, Colin Breed,
Simon Hughes, Bob Russell, Dan Rogerson, Martin Horwood, Alan
Reid, John Pugh, John Barrett, Alan Beith
