Decision details
Debate: Primary Care and the Inverse Care Law
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Decision:
The item started
at 16.10
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM5272 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Recognises the vital role of primary care in shaping and delivering
health services in Wales and in addressing health inequalities.
The following
amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets the Welsh Government’s recent announcement on the
introduction of a moratorium on the development of new primary care schemes.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
24 |
0 |
27 |
51 |
Amendment 1 was not
agreed.
Amendment 2 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes the proposal from the Royal College of GPs for GP
led teams of medical professionals to provide around the clock care for some
patients with severe chronic conditions.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
51 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
Amendment 2 was
agreed.
Amendment 3 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes
that an effective social care service makes an important contribution to ensuring
people can manage chronic conditions in the community and regrets the
continuing artificial barriers between Health and Social Care
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
51 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
Amendment 3 was
agreed.
Amendment 4 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Recognises the importance of
doctor recruitment and retention to the provision of primary care in rural
areas and calls on the Welsh Government to monitor and publish the number of
doctors recruited through the Work for Wales campaign.
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
51 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
Amendment 4 was
agreed.
Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add new point at end of motion:
Expresses
concern at the lack of NHS dentists in Wales accepting new patients and calls
on the Welsh Government to undertake an assessment of the number of people
unable to access an NHS dentist in their area, to determine where localised problems exist.
A vote was taken on Amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
24 |
0 |
27 |
51 |
Amendment 5 was not
agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM5272 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Recognises the vital role of primary care in shaping and delivering
health services in Wales and in addressing health inequalities.
Notes the proposal from the Royal College of GPs for GP
led teams of medical professionals to provide around the clock care for some patients
with severe chronic conditions.
Notes
that an effective social care service makes an important contribution to
ensuring people can manage chronic conditions in the community and regrets the
continuing artificial barriers between Health and Social Care.
Recognises the importance of
doctor recruitment and retention to the provision of primary care in rural
areas and calls on the Welsh Government to monitor and publish the number of
doctors recruited through the Work for Wales campaign.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.
Publication date: 25/06/2013
Date of decision: 25/06/2013
Decided at meeting: 25/06/2013 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly