Decision details

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• Opposition party debates on a topic of their choice;

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The item started at 15.29

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM5172 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the negative impact that poor ambulance response times can have on the health and wellbeing of patients;

 

2. Notes that 11 ambulance stations have closed in Wales since 2008/09;

 

3. Expresses concern that too many Welsh patients are waiting in excess of target times for an ambulance response;

 

4. Regrets that the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust has reduced the total number of emergency ambulances operating in Wales in recent years;

 

5. Regrets that the uncertainty surrounding the future shape of ambulance services has the potential to undermine the on-going process of NHS reorganisation in Wales.

 

6. Calls upon the Welsh Government to:

 

a) increase the number of emergency ambulances operating in Wales;

 

b) ensure that Wales has an adequate network of ambulance stations across the country; and

 

c) provide an assurance that the on-going Ministerial review of the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust will deliver improved response times.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
13	0	36	49

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

Insert at the end of point 3:

 

‘and that some patients not classed as a category A emergency are subsequently waiting several hours in pain for an ambulance to become available’

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
24	0	25	49

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

In point 6c) delete ‘deliver improved response times’ and replace with:

 

‘:

 

i) deliver measurable improved patient outcomes; and

 

ii) examine the appropriateness of the current stand-alone model’

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
36	0	13	49

Amendment 2 was agreed.

Amendment 3 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

Add as new sub point at end of point 6:

 

‘invest in the up skilling and training of existing ambulance service staff to paramedic level.’

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
11	0	38	49

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM5172 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the negative impact that poor ambulance response times can have on the health and wellbeing of patients;

 

2. Notes that 11 ambulance stations have closed in Wales since 2008/09;

 

3. Expresses concern that too many Welsh patients are waiting in excess of target times for an ambulance response;

 

4. Regrets that the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust has reduced the total number of emergency ambulances operating in Wales in recent years;

 

5. Regrets that the uncertainty surrounding the future shape of ambulance services has the potential to undermine the on-going process of NHS reorganisation in Wales.

 

6. Calls upon the Welsh Government to:

 

a) increase the number of emergency ambulances operating in Wales;

 

b) ensure that Wales has an adequate network of ambulance stations across the country; and

 

c) provide an assurance that the on-going Ministerial review of the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust will:

 i) deliver measurable improved patient outcomes; and

 

ii) examine the appropriateness of the current stand-alone model

For	Abstain	Against	Total
24	0	25	49

The motion as amended was not agreed.