PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE AND THE DRAGGING THEIR FEET REPORT

That this House welcomes the Dragging Their Feet report, produced by Target PAD, an expert group of clinicians with an interest in tackling peripheral arterial disease (PAD); notes with concern the serious health, social and economic costs to the 720,000 individuals diagnosed with PAD in the UK, caused by sub-optimal treatment of the disease; further notes the wider costs to these patients' families, and to UK plc; and calls on the Government and health professionals to take action to improve the management of peripheral arterial disease, particularly through supporting the inclusion of measures to manage PAD in primary care through the quality and outcomes framework of the General Medical Services contract and the Government's cardiovascular risk management programme.