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Westminster Hall
Recognition of Fibromyalgia as a Disability - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Toby Perkins (LAB - Chesterfield) As if those things were not enough, fibromyalgia sufferers can be struck down with irritable bowel syndrome - Speech Link
2: David Amess (CON - Southend West) We have a chronic fatigue syndrome service across Essex, which also takes referrals from GPs for other - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) The fatigue literally wipes her out for days at a time. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We all know what the issues are.The specific treatment for fibromyalgia syndrome is a multidisciplinary - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
ME: Treatment and Research - Thu 21 Jun 2018
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: David Drew (LAB - Stroud) fatigue syndrome or a post-viral condition. - Speech Link
2: Liz McInnes (LAB - Heywood and Middleton) She was permanently nauseous.The terms ME and chronic fatigue syndrome are often used interchangeably - Speech Link
3: Steve Brine (CON - Winchester) fatigue syndrome, is an incapacitating condition with a plethora of symptoms, primarily characterised - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Disabled People and Economic Growth - Thu 22 Feb 2018
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) John has Down’s syndrome. - Speech Link
2: Jamie Stone (LDEM - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) One of those, depending on the form of disability, is that the fatigue element as the day progresses - Speech Link
3: Marsha De Cordova (LAB - Battersea) can “promote recovery”—the familiar sounding phrase, which says that disabled people and people with chronic - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
PACE Trial: People with ME - Tue 20 Feb 2018
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) to this debate.Myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME, has been described in many ways, but labels such as chronic - Speech Link
2: Caroline Dinenage (CON - Gosport) As MPs, we all know people in our constituencies who are affected by the condition.As we have heard, chronic - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Valproate and Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome - Thu 19 Oct 2017
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) My constituent Nicola took sodium valproate through her pregnancy, and her son has chronic fatigue. - Speech Link
2: Norman Lamb (LDEM - North Norfolk) with a 7 mm unilateral cleft lip and palate…which the geneticist confirmed was due to Fetal Valproate Syndrome - Speech Link
3: Liz McInnes (LAB - Heywood and Middleton) Sodium valproate, or Epilim, is indicated in 80% of cases of foetal anticonvulsant syndrome. - Speech Link
4: Sharon Hodgson (LAB - Washington and Sunderland West) She is in chronic pain every day. She has migraines and problems with her brain and eyes. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Surgical Mesh Implants - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) Research shows that between 10% and 15% of people who have had hernia mesh surgery suffer from chronic - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) pain and fatigue… Severe agonising pain passing urine… Visits to A&E with agonising pains in my - Speech Link
3: Jeff Smith (LAB - Manchester, Withington) Eventually, he had to have corrective surgery, but it did not resolve the chronic pain that he suffers - Speech Link
4: Jeff Smith (LAB - Manchester, Withington) Secondly, there is no mandatory reporting of chronic pain incidents following unsuccessful operations - Speech Link
5: Sharon Hodgson (LAB - Washington and Sunderland West) She was told that the pain was due to irritable bowel syndrome, painful bladder syndrome and a slipped - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Health: Medically Unexplained Symptoms - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Department of Health and Social Care
Westminster Hall
ESA and Personal Independence Payments - Wed 30 Nov 2016
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) , although I think we all welcome the removal of the merry-go-round of reassessments for those with chronic - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) things are not taken into account by the work capability assessment, and nor is the impact of pain and fatigue - Speech Link
3: Debbie Abrahams (LAB - Oldham East and Saddleworth) and she is only in her 30s, but she is suffering from Lipedema, Dercum’s disease, fibromyalgia and chronic - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
National Arthritis Week - Thu 20 Oct 2016
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It brings pain, isolation and fatigue and stops people doing the things that matter to them, keeping - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) inflammatory arthritis, and treatment to prevent miscarriages in women suffering from antiphospholipid syndrome - Speech Link
3: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) One in five people in Scotland experience chronic pain and one in 20 experience severe, disabling chronic - Speech Link
4: Sharon Hodgson (LAB - Washington and Sunderland West) The symptoms include inflammation of the joints, pain, fatigue, stiffness and difficulty moving. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis - Wed 13 Jul 2016
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (LAB - Barking) I beg to move,That this House has considered awareness and funding for treatment of Stevens-Johnson syndrome - Speech Link
2: George Freeman (CON - Mid Norfolk) include the 10-year study of chronic eye inflammation, including SJS, which is being taken forward by - Speech Link