Decision details
Debate on the Bevan Commission
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: None
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
NNDM4730 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose
that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. welcomes
the Bevan Commission report "2008 – 2011 NHS Wales: Forging a better
future" and
2. notes
the case it makes to:
a)
recognise the tough challenges that are facing the NHS in the future;
b) support
service changes essential to secure the future of the NHS;
c) back
clinically led action to improve safety and quality of care of patients; and
d) create a
genuine partnership with the public to ensure the founding ethos of the NHS in
Wales is maintained in the future.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Nick Ramsay (Monmouthshire)
In point 1 delete “Welcomes” and replace with
“Notes”.
Amendment 2 - Nick Ramsay (Monmouthshire)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets the Welsh Government’s proposals to reduce
NHS budgets over the next 3 years.
Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion
Calls on the government to publish a detailed plan,
with measureable targets, for making sure the health service can meet the
challenges identified in the report.
Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Add as new points at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh government to publish a detailed
and comprehensive response to the report, demonstrating its commitment to a
sustainable NHS, including:
a) improving patient outcomes;
b) preventing erosion of services;
c) tackling health inequalities;
d) maximising health benefits from other policy
areas; and
Calls on the Welsh Government to prevent the
centralisation of NHS services and confirm its commitment to maintaining
District General Hospitals which are essential for the provision of local
health services.
A copy of
the Bevan Commission report " 2008 – 2011 NHS Wales: Forging a better
future" is available at:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/publications/health/reports/betterfuture/?lang=en
Decision:
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Nick
Ramsay (Monmouthshire)
In point 1 delete
“Welcomes” and replace with “Notes”.
A vote was taken on Amendment
1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
25 |
0 |
29 |
54 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Nick Ramsay (Monmouthshire)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets
the Welsh Government’s proposals to reduce NHS budgets over the next 3 years.
A vote was taken on Amendment
2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
12 |
0 |
42 |
54 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion
Calls on the government
to publish a detailed plan, with measureable targets, for making sure the
health service can meet the challenges identified in the report.
A vote was taken on Amendment
3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
44 |
0 |
10 |
54 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Add as new points at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh government to publish a detailed and comprehensive response to the report, demonstrating its commitment to a sustainable NHS, including:
a) improving patient outcomes;
b) preventing erosion of services;
c) tackling health inequalities;
d) maximising health benefits from other policy areas; and
Calls on the Welsh Government to prevent the centralisation of NHS services
and confirm its commitment to maintaining District General Hospitals which are
essential for the provision of local health services.
A vote was taken on
Amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
54 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
Amendment 4 was agreed.
A vote was taken
on the motion as amended:
NNDM4730
Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. welcomes the Bevan Commission report "2008 – 2011 NHS Wales: Forging a better future" and
2. notes the case it makes to:
a) recognise the tough challenges that are facing the NHS in the future;
b) support service changes essential to secure the future of the NHS;
c) back clinically led action to improve safety and quality of care of patients; and
d) create
a genuine partnership with the public to ensure the founding ethos of the NHS
in Wales is maintained in the future.
3. Calls on the government to publish
a detailed plan, with measureable targets, for making sure the health service
can meet the challenges identified in the report.
4. Calls on the Welsh government to
publish a detailed and comprehensive response to the report, demonstrating its
commitment to a sustainable NHS, including:
a) improving patient outcomes;
b) preventing erosion of services;
c) tackling health inequalities;
d) maximising health benefits from other policy
areas; and
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to prevent the centralisation of NHS services
and confirm its commitment to maintaining District General Hospitals which are
essential for the provision of local health services.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
42 |
12 |
0 |
54 |
The motion as
amended was agreed.
Publication date: 14/06/2011
Date of decision: 14/06/2011
Decided at meeting: 14/06/2011 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly