Decision details

The item started at 16.24

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

NDM5193 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the proposals of the Welsh Government to transform, strengthen and empower Community Health Councils to undertake their role in the 21st Century NHS.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Delete ‘to transform, strengthen and empower Community Health Councils’ and insert ‘for Community Health Councils to assist them’

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
21	5	28	54

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 - William Graham (South Wales East)

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Believes that members of the Board of Community Health Councils are best placed to appoint their Chair, rather than Welsh Ministers.

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
16	1	37	54

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

Amendment 3 - William Graham (South Wales East)

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Calls on the Welsh Government to clarify guidance on the role of Community Health Councils in providing the ‘patients’ voice’ in the process of service reconfiguration.

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
26	0	28	54

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

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Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Community Health Councils are an independent voice for patients.

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
54	0	0	54

Amendment 4 was agreed.

Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

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Believes that Community Health Councils must play a vital role in providing a strong voice for patients and the public and calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Community Health Councils have the funding and training needed to engage effectively in the future reorganisation of NHS Wales.

A vote was taken on Amendment 5:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
54	0	0	54

Amendment 5 was agreed.

Amendment 6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

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Calls on the Welsh Government to adopt National Standards on Community Engagement, based on the Scottish model, to improve the role of Community Health Councils in ensuring that the views of the public are properly taken into account in the future decisions about our NHS.

A vote was taken on Amendment 6:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
15	0	39	54

Amendment 6 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM5193 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the proposals of the Welsh Government to transform, strengthen and empower Community Health Councils to undertake their role in the 21st Century NHS.

Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Community Health Councils are an independent voice for patients.

Believes that Community Health Councils must play a vital role in providing a strong voice for patients and the public and calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Community Health Councils have the funding and training needed to engage effectively in the future reorganisation of NHS Wales.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
43	11	0	54

The motion as amended was agreed.