Decision details
Debate: Quality in NHS Wales - ensuring learning from the Francis Report
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Decision:
The item started
at 17.22
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM5182 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the
recommendations made within the final report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS
Foundation Trust Public Inquiry and that the Welsh Government will use the
Francis Inquiry to help identify how it can further improve the delivery of
safe and compassionate care in Wales.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Delete all after
‘public inquiry’.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
18 |
0 |
29 |
47 |
Amendment 1 was not
agreed.
Amendment
2 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Notes the serious
concerns raised by Healthcare Inspectorate Wales following the dignity and
essential care inspections undertaken in our hospitals.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
22 |
0 |
25 |
47 |
Amendment 2 was not
agreed.
Amendment
3 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh
Government to:
(a) implement the
recommendations of the Francis Report that apply to our NHS;
(b) consider creating
a “mylocalhospital” website similar to the “mylocalschool” website to ensure all hospitals provide
accessible and transparent performance information; and
(c) introduce
legislation to make failure to provide a truthful account of the circumstances
leading to a patient’s death a criminal offence.
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
22 |
0 |
25 |
47 |
Amendment 3 was not
agreed.
Amendment
4 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Recognises the potential for financial pressures in the Welsh NHS
to undermine the delivery of safe and compassionate care.
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
15 |
0 |
32 |
47 |
Amendment 4 was not
agreed.
Amendment
5 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Notes the concerns expressed
in the report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry in
relation to staffing levels, and
a) regrets that
concerns over the accuracy and consistency of data on staffing levels have also
been identified by the Public Accounts Committee in its recent report on
Maternity Services in Wales (February 2013);
b) calls upon the
Welsh Government to issue guidance to local health boards to ensure that staff
who are absent long-term, or suspended, are not included in future staffing rotas unless there is an expectation of an imminent return
to work.
A vote was taken on Amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
22 |
0 |
25 |
47 |
Amendment 5 was not
agreed.
Amendment
6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Insert as new point at
end of the motion:
Calls on the Welsh
Government to fully review the Fundamentals of Care 2003 to ensure that the
standards continue to reflect best practice in care within NHS Wales as
identified by those requiring care, carers and
staff.'
A vote was taken on Amendment 6:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
47 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
Amendment 6 was
agreed.
Amendment
7 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Insert as new point at
end of the motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government
to amend the National Health Service (Concerns, Complaints and Redress
Arrangements) (Wales), Regulations 2011 to include a requirement for learning
from complaints to be effectively identified, disseminated and implemented and
known to the complainant and the public.
A vote was taken on Amendment 7:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
22 |
0 |
25 |
47 |
Amendment 7 was not
agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM5182 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the
recommendations made within the final report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS
Foundation Trust Public Inquiry and that the Welsh Government will use the
Francis Inquiry to help identify how it can further improve the delivery of
safe and compassionate care in Wales.
Calls on the Welsh
Government to fully review the Fundamentals of Care 2003 to ensure that the
standards continue to reflect best practice in care within NHS Wales as
identified by those requiring care, carers and staff.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
47 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.
Publication date: 12/03/2013
Date of decision: 12/03/2013
Decided at meeting: 12/03/2013 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly