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Dari Taylor MP

(Labour - Stockton South)

 

Secretary of the CRY All Party Parliamentary Group

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December 2006 ITV Tyne Tees

John and Diane Ber talk to ITV Tyne Tees News (Video Clip)

The parents of Kasia Ber talk about their loss, and CRY's campaign.  Dari Taylor MP criticises GPs who dismiss possible cardiac symptoms in young people as just stress.

05/07/06 CRY website

CRY Parliamentary Reception 2006

On July 5th CRY hosted its annual Parliamentary Reception at Westminster.  The event was attended by new CRY Patron David Walliams, along with many MPs and other guests.  Speakers included Andy Burnham MP, Annette Brooke MP, Tim Loughton MP and Dari Taylor MP.

06/03/06 The Northern Echo

Distress over lack of action to tackle child heart deaths

Mrs Taylor said: "It really makes me feel very distressed.  We have put this model of medical delivery together and it is very obvious that it is not being picked up." 

05/03/05 The Northern Echo Genetic testing offered to heart risk families

Families at risk from a rare form of heart failure will be offered free genetic tests to pinpoint the threat, the Government announced yesterday.  The move marked a personal triumph for North-East MP Dari Taylor.

01/10/04 Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough)

Plea right from the heart

Young Teessiders whose lives were tragically cut short are forming a key part of a national campaign.  Charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) yesterday unveiled its latest bid to raise awareness of undetected heart conditions. 

Summer 2004 pH7 Parliamentary Health Magazine

A new chapter

Dari Taylor MP welcomes the government’s decision to include recommendations from her Cardiac Risk in the Young private member’s bill kin the National Service Framework

15/04/04

Derbyshire Times

Tragic battle wins support
After they lost their son the family was advised to have tests in case they were suffering similar heart defects.  But when Mrs Hayes struggled to receive quick and complete screening for her family she campaigned with Cardiac Risk in the Young.

20/03/04

Highland News

Heartbeat appeal praised in House of Commons

The Highland News Group’s highly successful Heartbeat appeal was praised in a House Of Commons debate on the risk of cardiac disease among the young.

16/03/04

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)

Tragedy brings vow on health screening

A health screening programme for Britain’s youngsters came a step nearer today following the tragic death of Levon Morland.  Health Minister Melanie Johnson promised the Commons experts would investigate the situation.

15/03/04

South Wales Post

Heart death task force welcomed
A Swansea mum has welcomed news of a new Government task force to tackle cardiac deaths in the young

13/03/04 Express & Echo (Exeter)

Despair as care Bill is withdrawn

Devon campaigners have reacted with disappointment after a bill calling for automatic screening for young people from families with a history of sudden and unexplained death was withdrawn. 

13/03/04

Northern Echo (Teesside)

Group is created to investigate deaths

Public Health Minister Melanie Johnson announced the move to tackle so-called sudden cardiac death and improve services for people with irregular heartbeats.It came in response to a back bench Bill sponsored by Dari Taylor, Labour MP for Stockton South, who won the support of sports stars and celebrities for her campaign.

12/03/04

Birmingham Evening Mail

Learn from our heartache
He had some tightness in his chest and it was put down to him having asthma, but not once was he sent for a heart scan

12/03/04

Department of Health Press Release
press release

Department of Health Press Release
"I have seen the tragedy of sudden death first hand, when the 22 year old son of a good friend collapsed suddenly and died...Today's announcement will help prevent such deaths and I am delighted that the Government has taken this terrible condition seriously." Dari Taylor MP.

12/03/04

Exeter Express & Echo

Families of sudden death victims welcome screening Bill
Immediate screening of families after a sudden death is vital for identifying genetic faults in the heart and prevent further deaths.

12/03/04

Hansard - Cardiac Risk in the Young ‘Screening’ Bill

Cardiac Risk in the Young ‘Screening’ Bill - Hansard
“I look forward to the opportunity the government is promising us - being able to influence change and save young lives. It is absolutely crucial that we keep the pressure up to maintain the focus on cardiac risk in young people. This is the basis of CRY’s campaign.” Alison Cox, Founder & Chief Executive.

12/03/04

Parliamentary Press Release
press release

Cardiac Risk in the Young heart screening bill
Heart campaigners have thrown their support behind a new Private Member's Bill calling for legislation to grant effective, automatic screening on the NHS for all families at high risk of sudden cardiac death syndrome.

12/03/04

Rotherham Star

Mums back call for heart checks
The mothers want the Government to routinely offer heart screening to all teenagers in schools, in the way that inoculations are automatically given to young people to protect them from disease

12/03/04

South Wales Evening Post

Paulette makes a cry from the heart

A Clydach mum joined health campaigners in the House of Commons to cal for young people with a family history of sudden and unexplained death to be given automatic screening on the NHS.

11/03/04

Middlesbrough Gazette

Screening hope
Margo concluded her daughter had died from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. This condition often brought on by an abnormal heart rhythm. Since her daughters death Margo has raised thousands of pounds for the charity CRY and held a cardiac screening event for her community

11/03/04

Shropshire Star

Screening call for high risk patients

Health campaigners today called for young people with a family history of sudden and unexplained death to be given automatic heart screening on the NHS to detect the problem.  A Private Member’s Bill, being presented by Dari Taylor MP, calls for automatic screening for people at a high risk of sudden cardiac death syndrome.

06/01/04

Express & Echo (Exeter)

Tragic heart families win MP's support

Devon families have welcomed a breakthrough lending support to their campaign for improved screening to identify people at risk of the rare Sudden Death Syndrome.  The issue is to be highlighted in the House of Commons today by an MP introducing a Private Member’s Bill.

12/12/03 Teesside Gazette MP's bid at heart of fight
Stockton South's Labour MP Dari Taylor has won a place in the Commons ballot for Private Members Bills. She intends to bring in a private Bill to deal with the little recognised problem of cardiac arrest in the young.
     

 

Gallery

 

 

Dari Taylor MP listening to speeches at the 2006 CRY Parliamentary Reception

Dari Taylor MP speaking at the 2006 CRY

Parliamentary Reception

   
   

Dari Taylor MP speaking at the 2005 CRY Parliamentary Reception

Dari Taylor MP (3rd from left) with Kevan Jones MP (far left); CRY Supporter Jeff Morland (2nd from left); CRY Chief Executive Alison Cox (2nd from right); and CRY Supporter Jack Doyle (far right); at the 2005 CRY Parliamentary Reception

   
   

Dari Taylor MP (far left) at the second meeting of the CRY APPG

Dari Taylor MP (right) accepting a birthday cake from CRY Chief Executive Alison Cox, at the second meeting of the CRY APPG

   
   

 

Dari Taylor MP at the 2004 CRY Parliamentary Reception

   
   

Dari Taylor MP (right) with CRY Representatives Kenny and Maralyn Bowen, at the 2004 CRY Parliamentary Reception

 

Dari Taylor MP (right) with Martin Caton MP and CRY Representative Paulette Smith (left) at the

2004 CRY Parliamentary Reception.

   
   

Dari Taylor MP (2nd from left) at the launch of the CRY APPG

 
   
   

Dari Taylor MP (2nd from left) with Earl Freddie Howe (far left), CRY Chief Executive Alison Cox (2nd from right) and CRY Honorary President Ian Botham (far right)

at the launch of the CRY APPG

 

 

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