Decision details

The item started at 16.48

 

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

 

NDM3739 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

Notes:

 

a) the introduction of a new clinical Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service for Wales, and

b) that the service will provide patients in remote and rural areas with rapid access to a consultant in emergency or intensive care medicine.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

In sub-point b), delete 'rapid' and replace with 'improved'.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
10	0	36	46

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 2 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets that access to emergency services in Wales has deteriorated in recent years due to hospital downgrades, poor ambulance service performance and record-breaking cuts to the NHS budget.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	29	46

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets the continued failure of the ambulance service to hit its response times and the impact this has had on emergency services in Wales.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
45	0	0	45

Amendment 3 was agreed.

 

Amendment 4 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to expand the intermediate care fund to prevent unnecessary demands on the emergency care system.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
46	0	0	46

Amendment 4 was agreed.

 

Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

Welcomes the announcement in the 2015 UK Government Budget that the Wales Air Ambulance Trust is to receive £1.5 million in funding from LIBOR fines to help fund new equipment and training.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 5:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
38	8	0	46

Amendment 5 was agreed.

 

Amendment 6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls for the establishment of an Urgent Care Centre in Montgomeryshire to bring care closer to our communities and relieve pressure on A&E departments in Wrexham and Shrewsbury, due to the increasing number of patients travelling long distances to access care as a result of a lack of joined up planning between health boards.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 6:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
13	8	25	46

Amendment 6 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 7 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls for greater investment in cottage hospitals and community care, to help ensure high-quality care in the community to reduce pressure on emergency services.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 7:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
46	0	0	46

Amendment 7 was agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM3739 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes:

 

a) the introduction of a new clinical Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service for Wales, and

b) that the service will provide patients in remote and rural areas with rapid access to a consultant in emergency or intensive care medicine.

c) regrets the continued failure of the ambulance service to hit its response times and the impact this has had on emergency services in Wales.
d) calls on the Welsh Government to expand the intermediate care fund to prevent unnecessary demands on the emergency care system.
e) welcomes the announcement in the 2015 UK Government Budget that the Wales Air Ambulance Trust is to receive £1.5 million in funding from LIBOR fines to help fund new equipment and training.
f) calls for greater investment in cottage hospitals and community care, to help ensure high-quality care in the community to reduce pressure on emergency services.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
46	0	0	46

The motion as amended was agreed.