Decision details

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The item started at 14.58

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

Amendment 2 was withdrawn in accordance with Standing Order 12.27 at the start of Voting Time.

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM5264 William Graham (South Wales East)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes that the Cancer Delivery Plan has been operational for one year.

2. Regrets that target referral to treatment waiting times for cancer patients diagnosed via the Urgent Suspected Cancer route have not been met since 2008.

3. Calls upon the Welsh Government to require that Local Health Boards publish their cancer delivery plans and annual reports on their websites to ensure public scrutiny of their plans.

4. Calls upon the Welsh Government and Local Health Boards to ensure that cancer services are timely, person-centred and that people’s clinical and wider non-clinical needs, including access to financial advice and support, are met.

5. Urges the Welsh Government to provide annual updates to the National Assembly for Wales on the progress of the implementation of the Cancer Delivery Plan.

The motion without amendment was agreed.