Decision details
Plaid Cymru debate
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fifth Senedd
Status: Complete
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
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.
Decision:
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 sustainable and 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.
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.
5. 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.
Publication date: 01/02/2017
Date of decision: 01/02/2017
Decided at meeting: 01/02/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd