Decision details
Debate on the Mental Health Strategy
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Decision:
The item started at 17:40
NDM5005 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the draft Mental Health Strategy, Together for Mental
Health, which is currently out for public consultation.
Together for
Mental Health can be found on the following link:
http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/mhealth/?lang=en
Voting on the motion and amendments
under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets that the Welsh Government is imposing real term
cuts on the health budget in the current financial year and expresses concern
that these have the potential to jeopardise the
implementation of a Mental Health Strategy.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
11 |
0 |
39 |
50 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Recognises
the potential economic benefits to Wales of an effective Mental Health
Strategy.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
Amendment 3 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls upon the Welsh Government to commit to develop appropriate
baseline data and key performance indicators to ensure that any progress
against the Mental Health Strategy can be measured.
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment 4 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Recognises
the need for all Welsh Ministers to fully engage in the delivery of the Mental
Health Strategy and calls upon the Welsh Government to develop robust processes
to ensure that Ministers are held accountable for their contribution towards
improving mental health and wellbeing in Wales.
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
49 |
0 |
0 |
49 |
Amendment 4 was agreed.
Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Recognises that patients with long term
physical conditions can also have mental health issues;
A vote was taken on Amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 5 was agreed.
Amendment 6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Acknowledges the research carried out by the King’s Fund that identifies
that co-existing mental and physical health problems can lead to increased hospitalisation rates, increased outpatient service use and
less effective self-management for patients.
A vote was taken on Amendment 6:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
49 |
0 |
0 |
49 |
Amendment 6 was agreed.
Amendment 7 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the
Welsh government to ensure that the link between mental health problems and
long term physical ailments is enshrined in Together for Mental Health, and
that closer working between professionals responsible for patients’ mental and
physical health is encouraged to improve outcomes.
A vote was taken on Amendment 7:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 7 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the
motion as amended:
NDM5005 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the draft Mental Health Strategy, Together for
Mental Health, which is currently out for public consultation.
Recognises
the potential economic benefits to Wales of an effective Mental Health
Strategy.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to commit to develop appropriate
baseline data and key performance indicators to ensure that any progress
against the Mental Health Strategy can be measured.
Recognises
the need for all Welsh Ministers to fully engage in the delivery of the Mental
Health Strategy and calls upon the Welsh Government to develop robust processes
to ensure that Ministers are held accountable for their contribution towards
improving mental health and wellbeing in Wales.
Recognises
that patients with long term physical conditions can also have mental health
issues.
Acknowledges the research carried out by the King’s Fund that identifies
that co-existing mental and physical health problems can lead to increased hospitalisation rates, increased outpatient service use and
less effective self-management for patients.
Calls on the
Welsh government to ensure that the link between mental health problems and
long term physical ailments is enshrined in Together for Mental Health, and
that closer working between professionals responsible for patients’ mental and
physical health is encouraged to improve outcomes.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
The motion as amended was agreed.
Publication date: 12/06/2012
Date of decision: 12/06/2012
Decided at meeting: 12/06/2012 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly