P-04-682 Routine Screening for Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Young People
P-04-682 Routine Screening for Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Young People
This
petition was submitted by Anthony Cook, having collected 2,570 signatures. An
associated petition to the UK Government collected 3,670 signatures.
Text of the Petition
We
call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to
introduce routine screening for Type 1 Diabetes in children and young people.
In
January of this year we tragically lost our beloved 13-year-old grandson, Peter
Baldwin, to Type 1 diabetes that had been undetected until it was too late to
save him. Peter was a well-loved and highly respected pupil at Whitchurch High
School in Cardiff where he is greatly missed but for his family the hurt is
unimaginable.
Our daughter Beth was recently presented with
an award from The Pride of Britain for her fundraising efforts and for raising
awareness of this terrible illness but with your help, and that of your friends
and family we can really make a difference.
Please spare a couple of minutes to sign our
petition calling on the Welsh Government to introduce a screening programme and
to raise the profile of the need to check for Type 1 Diabetes in anyone
presented to a health care professional with unexplained flu-like symptoms or
general feeling of being unwell. The test involved is merely a finger prick or
urine sample and takes less time than you have spent reading this paragraph; it
also only costs pennies. It is our intention to make this test as routine
within GP surgeries and clinics as temperature and blood pressure checks
presently are.
Your signature on this petition really could
help save lives and prevent further terrible loss within families.
Additional Information:
The
ideal standard would be for screening of all youngsters in order to catch this
stealthy condition in the early stages. Many parts of the world are seeing the
benefit of this screening and are now introducing it, the most recent being
North Carolina in the U.S. Below is a link to the North Carolina
implementation.
http://insulinnation.com/living/reegans-rule-passes-north-carolina/
The
devolved Scottish Parliament is ahead of the rest of the U.K. and is already
committed to debate the issue and appear very likely to implement screening. We
want this for our children in Wales and are calling on the Welsh Government to
introduce screening at the earliest opportunity.
PLEASE
SIGN THE PETITION AND SHARE IT FAR AND WIDE
(now
give yourself a pat on the back, you may have saved a child's life)
A
petition campaigning for this change across the UK is currently collecting
signatures on Change.org:
https://www.change.org/p/craig-williams-mp-screen-children-for-type-1-diabetes
Assembly Constituency and
Region
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Cardiff
North
·
South
Wales Central
This
petition was considered completed by the Petitions
Committee. It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 08/03/2016.
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Type: For information
First published: 02/03/2016
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