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	Paul Biography (Paul Burstow MP)
		Paul Burstow was born at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton.
		Paul Burstow was named London's hardest working MP by the Evening Standard newspaper in January 2005.
		Paul is also an NSPCC Parliamentary Ambassador, a Patron of the Relative and Residents Association and Trustee of the National Benevolent Fund for the Aged.
	www.paulburstow.libdems.org.uk /pages/biography.html (792 words)

	Paul Burstow MP
		Paul Burstow, MP for Sutton and Cheam, has expressed his concern at an announcement by Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling that 2,500 post offices across the UK will close.
		Paul Burstow, MP for Sutton and Cheam, has launched a motion in parliament calling for greater funding and an improved national strategy to help the 100,000 young children that run away each year.
		Paul Burstow, MP for Sutton and Cheam, has expressed his concern at news that consultation is underway which may lead job cuts and offices closures in HM Revenue and Customs offices in the London Borough of Sutton.
	www.paulburstow.libdems.org.uk (642 words)

	Liberal Democrats : Paul Burstow MP, Sutton & Cheam
		Paul Burstow, MP for Sutton and Cheam since 1997, was elected Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Commons by his colleagues in March 2006.
		Paul was born in May 1962 at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, and comes from a family of tailors and seamstresses.
		Paul led Sutton's pioneering work on "green" environmental issues, which won the borough a reputation both nationally and internationally as a pioneer in recycling and energy conservation.
	www.libdems.org.uk /party/people/mr-paul-burstow.html (650 words)

	Paul Burstow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On his election, Burstow immediately became a spokesman on the Environment under Paddy Ashdown.
		Paul Burstow has a reputation for his work with and for older people.
		Paul Burstow introduced the Care of Older and Incapacitated People (Human Rights) Bill in January 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Burstow (559 words)

	List of Recent Speeches (Paul Burstow MP)
		Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD): I wish to raise three issues that are currently causing a good deal of concern among many of my constituents.
		Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): I rise to speak primarily in support of my amendment No. 46, but also in support of the amendments and new clauses proposed by the hon.
		Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD): I am grateful for the opportunity to speak about the withdrawal of pension books and some issues associated with the roll-out of direct payments.
	paulburstow.org.uk /speeches/recent.html?PHPSESSID=1357bfb2b341f0f16... (1426 words)

	Web site of Paul Tyler
		Paul Tyler and the local Liberal Democrats are urging all pensioners who wish to retain the right to draw their pension at their local Post Office to insist on keeping this traditional method of payment.
		Paul has made a speciality of hounding the government on issues affecting his constituents which it tries to duck or evade responsibility for.
		Paul has been a key campaigner on the Organophosphate sheep dip issue (among the many other rural issues he has championed).
	www.paultyler.libdems.org /campaign.html (1219 words)

	www.eurohs.eu.com
		Paul Burstow MP announced on 4th December 2005 details of a private member’s Bill that he is introducing to strengthen rights of older people who use care services.
		And last week Paul Burstow tabled an Early Day Motion on the three key points in his Bill, to gain cross-party support.
		Paul Burstow was named the epolitix Older People charity champion on Thursday 1st December.
	www.eurohs.eu.com /front-end/news-full.php?id=4934 (723 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Figures obtained by Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow revealed that a total of 1,354 government-owned computers had gone missing over the past five years.
		Mr Burstow, MP for Sutton and Cheam, collated the figures after tabling a series of written Parliamentary questions.
		Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow: "Some perpetrators are staff" The security of government laptops hit the headlines in 2000 when transport minister John Spellar, then armed forces minister, had his stolen from his home.
	www.attrition.org /errata/statistics/laptop_story03.txt (362 words)

	Care Homes 'Need a Jamie Oliver'
		Parliamentary questions put down by Lib Dem MP Paul Burstow revealed that 250 homes missed the standards by a wide margin, and about 1,800 more narrowly.
		Mr Burstow and the charity are calling on a celebrity chef to step forward and campaign for better food for the elderly in the same way Jamie Oliver did in his campaign for improved school meals.
		This summer celebrity chef Paul Rankin said he would push for improvements in the quality of food served to the elderly in the UK's residential care homes.
	www.globalaging.org /health/world/2005/chef.htm (249 words)

	Paul Flynn MP - Newport West - Campaigns' News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this subject, which seems almost taboo in this country, both because it is hard to get any reliable statistics to measure the extent of the abuse and because many remain in denial about the existence of such abuse.
		However, the evidence that does exist suggests that elder abuse happens on a scale that requires a significant shift in Government thinking and a change in professional practice.
		Paul Flynn (Newport, West): The first thing that strikes one about this morning's debate is that it has attracted only one Back Bencher, although Front Benchers are present.
	www.paulflynnmp.co.uk /newsdetail.jsp?id=340 (3082 words)

	HSJ Election 2005 news - Burstow interview: Crunch time for managers
		The pledge from Liberal Democrat health spokesman Paul Burstow is good news for managers who were warned last week by the NHS Confederation to brace themselves for a 'very rough month' on the hustings.
		Strategic health authorities would be abolished, although many of their training and workforce functions would be retained, and primary care trusts would be slimmed down, with their commissioning functions hived off to local authorities.
		During the campaign, Mr Burstow will be concentrating on what he calls 'hidden waits' - people waiting for a long time for diagnostic tests before they are placed on the treatment list.
	www.shop.hsj.co.uk /mini/election2005/Feature4_burstow.htm (1316 words)

	Concern over sedative use
		The statistics were obtained by the Liberal Democrat spokesman for older people Paul Burstow.
		Research by the Alzheimer's Society has found that as many as one in five admissions to hospital of the elderly results from misuse of medicines and that 54% of prescriptions of anti-psychotic drugs in care homes were wrongly prescribed.
		Mr Burstow called for new prescribing guidelines, and an extra investment in staff training.
	www.laleva.cc /choice/psyco_bcc.html (557 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Paul Burstow
		Sutton and Cheam is a constituency which has seen the same two politicians fighting for it in the last three general elections: Paul Burstow for the Lib Dems and Olga Maitland for the Conservatives.
		Paul Burstow had the better of the contest in 1997 and 2001.
		He came to the Liberal Democrats from the SDP and remains committed to issues of social inclusion.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2174230.stm (112 words)

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		The research was carried out by Liberal Democrat health spokesman Paul Burstow.
		However, there are only six neurologists per million of population in the UK compared to 100 per million of population in Denmark, 71 in Italy and 40 in the USA.
		Professor Charles Warlow, President-Elect of the Association of British Neurologists (ABN) said: "Disorders of the brain, spinal cord and nerves are very common and tend to be overlooked in the NHS.
	www.mult-sclerosis.org /news/Mar2001/UKLongWaitToSeeNeurologists.html (408 words)

	Registered Nursing Home Association
		The RNHA said it was a ludicrous suggestion, since all care home residents’ medication is prescribed by their own GPs and not by managers or nurses working in the homes.
		Whilst disagreeing with his conclusions about the attitude of care homes towards the use of medication, the RNHA agrees with the concerns expressed by Mr Burstow in his report about the Government’s refusal to commission independent research into the inadequacy of nursing home fees.
		Said Mr Ursell: “Mr Burstow has gone over the top on the question of medication, but is spot on when it comes to his analysis of the Government’s failure to recognise the funding crisis in long-term care.”
	www.rnha.co.uk /news/nr101103.htm (342 words)

	Eye care 'varies widely'
		Paul Burstow, Liberal Democrat MP The NHS target from referral by a GP to a specialist consultant appointment is 13 weeks.
		However, the average waiting time according to the survey was between three and six months.
		Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow, who campaigns on issues affecting the elderly, said: "Every week 100 elderly people lose their sight needlessly because of the lottery in NHS eye care services.
	www.health.am /2003e/01/46.php (544 words)

	Banned drugs still being prescribed for children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Six months later it added a range of other antidepressants to the list, saying only Prozac was safe for use in children and even then should be prescribed only as a last resort.
		But a parliamentary question tabled by the Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow found that 85,251 prescriptions for antidepressants were written for children in 2004 for drugs on the MHRA list.
		Mr Burstow said: "This level of prescribing...is evidence of the under-investment in child and adolescent mental health services and the chronic shortage of talking therapies."
	www.infowars.com /articles/ps/banned_drugs_prescribed_for_children.htm (647 words)

	National Runaway Switchboard
		Paul Burstow, Member of United Kingdom Parliament, representatives from the UK’s The Children’s Society, two officers representing the UK’s law enforcement sector, and a former runaway youth were among the eight-member delegation.
		The UK party was on a fact-finding visit as part of The Children’s Society’s national Safe and Sound campaign to help runaway children in England.
		NRS Executive Director, Maureen Blaha, (left) explains to MP Paul Burstow (right) and UK delegation members about NRS’ approach to helping to keep America’s runaway and at-risk youth safe and off the streets.
	www.nrscrisisline.org /news_events/mr10.html (319 words)

	Thousands of old people 'drugged'
		A report by the Liberal Democrats suggests residents who do not need these drugs are being kept sedated to make life easier for staff.
		Its health spokesman Paul Burstow said the situation may be even worse in residential homes.
		Mr Burstow called for tougher action to tackle the problem.
	www.globalaging.org /health/world/drugged.htm (472 words)

	Paul Burstow MP, Sutton & Cheam (TheyWorkForYou.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
		Paul Burstow MP Liberal Democrat MP for Sutton and Cheam
		This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/paul_burstow/sutton_and_cheam (513 words)

	MoD refuses to account for missing computer equipment - ZDNet UK
		The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is refusing to respond to Parliamentary questions, tabled in late October, which revealed that nearly 600 computers had disappeared from the department in the last five years, according to a Liberal Democrat MP.
		Figures obtained by the Paul Burstow MP show that government computer systems were infiltrated by hackers on at least 64 occasions in the last five years.
		Burstow tabled the same Parliamentary questions on cybercrime and computer loss to government departments two years ago.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /internet/0,1000000097,2102540,00.htm (599 words)

	Alcoholism 'Spiralling Out Of Control'
		Medical Editor The Telegraph - UK Cases of liver disease caused by excessive drinking soared by 75 per cent in six years and cost the NHS more than £65 million a year, the Liberal Democrats said yesterday.
		"Alcohol-related illness is spiralling out of control," said Paul Burstow, the party's health spokesman.
		"Ministers have done nothing to tackle the growing cost of excessive drinking both in terms of health and to the taxpayer," said Mr Burstow.
	www.rense.com /general46/alch.html (314 words)

	NHS Publicity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Please read Paul Burstow's eloquent words on our page Questions in Parliament.
		After the ombudsman's ruling Mrs Coughlan said: "It's shameful that the Government guidance has put the burden on these helpless people." Paul Burstow, Lib Dem spokesman on older people, said it would open the floodgates for compensation claims running into millions of pounds.
		It was the BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme, and newspaper publicity following MP Paul Burstow's report in November 2002 that led to Robin contacting researcher James Sandbach in Paul's office, and then Derek Cole.
	www.npl.com /~gpss/nhscare/inpress.htm (4319 words)

	Liberal Democrats : "Home alone" deaths for thousands - Burstow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		As many as 60 people a week die alone in their homes and men are two and half times more likely to die alone than women - these are the disturbing findings of original research by Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow.
		A survey of local councils by Paul Burstow assessed the number of funerals carried out by for people who die without any family or friends to make arrangements or cover the costs.
		A total of 11,004 funerals were carried out between 2000 and 2004 by the 182 councils who provided data
	www.libdems.org.uk /news/home-alone-deaths-for-thousands-burstow.html (371 words)

	Servicchangesupdate
		Therefore I have asked Paul Burstow MP if he would be kind enough to request a meeting with the Minister for London, John Hutton, in order to discuss with him outstanding issues."
		I can assure you that patients will not be referred to the new centre at Guy's Hosptial until it is properly staffed and operational....
		MP Paul Burstow has agreed to set up a meeting for the Community Health Councils with Minister John Hutton on the issues of changes in cleft services.
	www.homestead.com /swlondonandsurreyclapa/Servicchangesupdate.html (607 words)

	21 July 2005 - Departmental answers to Parliamentary Questions (Paul Burstow MP)
		Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Leader of the House, what systems his Office has put in place to monitor the length of time taken by each Government department to answer individual Parliamentary Questions.
		My Office takes an active role in encouraging good practice among Departments in answering Parliamentary Questions, and co-operates closely with the Cabinet Office in ensuring that appropriate and up-to-date guidance is available.
		Ordinary Written Questions should be answered within five days and Named Day Questions on the day named.
	www.commonsleader.gov.uk /output/page1332.asp (113 words)

	National Social Services Conference 2004 - speech Paul Burstow MP
		He recently told a conference on long term medical conditions that some health service money has to go in the direction of social care rather than just being spent on clinical work.
		This is not about robbing Peter to pay Paul.
		It is about delivering the right service at the right time in the right place.
	www.adss.org.uk /events/2004/speeches/burstowspeech.shtml (3397 words)

	21 July 2005 - Correspondence from Members (Paul Burstow MP)
		21 July 2005 - Correspondence from Members (Paul Burstow MP)
		Members for the session 2004-05 remain unanswered, and 94 per cent of letters requiring a reply were answered within our target of 15 working days.
		We expect to answer these within our 15 working day target.
	www.commonsleader.gov.uk /output/page1333.asp (60 words)

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