Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting
date:
Wednesday, 1
February 2017
Meeting
time: 13.30
This meeting can be
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The item started at 13.30
Questions 2 - 11 were asked. Question 1 was withdrawn. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 3.
The item started at 14.15
The first 7 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.
To the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport:
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn): Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the Welsh Government’s response to the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales report on ophthalmology services in Wales? EAQ(5)0116(HWS)
No requests were received.
The item started at 15.10
The item started
at 15.37
NDM6220
Dai Lloyd (South Wales
West)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report
of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on the inquiry into
winter preparedness 2016-17, which was
laid in the Table
Office on 9 December 2016.
Note: The response of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport to the report was laid in the Table Office on 25 January 2017.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
The item started at 16.23
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM6223
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that
good social care services play an essential role in keeping the NHS
sustainable.
2. Notes that
unpaid carers make a critical and unappreciated contribution
towards ensuring the sustainability of health and social care and
regrets the fall in the number of nights of respite care provided
since 2011.
3. Believes that
community hospitals could play a vital role in providing respite
care, and in easing the transition back to community health
settings for those who have required hospital settings.
4. Calls on the
Welsh Government to reverse the practice of closing community
hospitals and explore ways of restoring the availability of beds
for use by both health and social care services.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
19 |
0 |
32 |
51 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1.
Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Recognises and
appreciates the contribution unpaid carers make to the health and
social care system.
Believes respite
care should be flexible and can take place in a wide variety of
settings, including at home and in the wider community.
Notes that community hospitals are one of several settings which can play a role in providing both respite care and step up/step down care.
Welcomes:
a) the Welsh
Government's commitment to develop a national approach to respite
to ensure that respite is responsive to individuals' needs in a
consistent manner across Wales;
b) the investment
in extra care services made possible through the £60m
Intermediate Care Fund in 2017-18; and
c) the new
£40m fund announced in the 2017-18 Budget to develop new
integrated health and social care centres across Wales.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
39 |
0 |
13 |
52 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment
2.
Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Add at end of point 1:
"and recognises
the role of allied healthcare professionals in reducing avoidable
demand for social care."
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
0 |
1 |
52 |
Amendment 2 was
agreed.
Amendment
3.
Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point at end of the motion:
Calls on the Welsh
Government to update the Assembly on the operation of S35 of the
Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, with regard to
meeting carers' respite needs.
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
0 |
1 |
52 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6223
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that
good social care services play an essential role in keeping the NHS
sustainableand recognises the
role of allied healthcare professionals in reducing avoidable
demand for social care.
2. Recognises and
appreciates the contribution unpaid carers make to the health and
social care system.
3. Believes
respite care should be flexible and can take place in a wide
variety of settings, including at home and in the wider
community.
4. Notes that
community hospitals are one of several settings which can play a
role in providing both respite care and step up/step down
care.
5. Welcomes:
a) the Welsh
Government's commitment to develop a national approach to respite
to ensure that respite is responsive to individuals' needs in a
consistent manner across Wales;
b) the investment
in extra care services made possible through the £60m
Intermediate Care Fund in 2017-18; and
c) the new £40m fund announced in the 2017-18 Budget to develop nw integrated health and social care centres across Wales.
6. Calls on the
Welsh Government to update the Assembly on the operation of S35 of
the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, with regard to
meeting carers' respite needs.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
38 |
0 |
14 |
52 |
The motion as amended was agreed.
The item started at 17.37
The item started at 17.39
NDM6221
Nick Ramsay (Monmouth):
Striking the City Deal – the next steps for the Cardiff Capital Region.
The meeting concluded at 18.03
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 7 February 2017