Meetings
NDM6223 - Plaid Cymru debate
This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.
Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.
Meeting: 01/02/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
Plaid Cymru debate
NDM6223 Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Believes that good social care services play an essential role in keeping the NHS
sustainable.
2.
Notes that unpaid carers make a critical and unappreciated contribution towards
ensuring the sustainability of health and social care and regrets the fall in
the number of nights of respite care provided since 2011.
3.
Believes that community hospitals could play a vital role in providing respite
care, and in easing the transition back to community health settings for those
who have required hospital settings.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to reverse the practice of closing community hospitals
and explore ways of restoring the availability of beds for use by both health
and social care services.
The
following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment
1. Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Recognises
and appreciates the contribution unpaid carers make to the health and social
care system.
Believes
respite care should be flexible and can take place in a wide variety of
settings, including at home and in the wider community.
Notes
that community hospitals are one of several settings which can play a role in
providing both respite care and step up/step down care.
Welcomes:
a)
the Welsh Government's commitment to develop a national approach to respite to
ensure that respite is responsive to individuals' needs in a consistent manner
across Wales;
b)
the investment in extra care services made possible through the £60m
Intermediate Care Fund in 2017-18; and
c)
the new £40m fund announced in the 2017-18 Budget to develop new integrated
health and social care centres across Wales.
Amendment
2. Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Add at end of point 1:
"and
recognises the role of allied healthcare professionals in reducing avoidable
demand for social care."
Amendment
3. Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point at end of the motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to update the Assembly on the operation of S35 of the
Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, with regard to meeting carers'
respite needs.
'Social
Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014'
Minutes:
The item started at 16.23
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item
was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM6223 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that
good social care services play an essential role in keeping the NHS
sustainable.
2. Notes that
unpaid carers make a critical and unappreciated contribution towards ensuring
the sustainability of health and social care and regrets the fall in the number
of nights of respite care provided since 2011.
3. Believes that
community hospitals could play a vital role in providing respite care, and in
easing the transition back to community health settings for those who have
required hospital settings.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to reverse
the practice of closing community hospitals and explore ways of restoring the
availability of beds for use by both health and social care services.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
19 |
0 |
32 |
51 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Recognises and appreciates the contribution
unpaid carers make to the health and social care system.
Believes respite care should be flexible and
can take place in a wide variety of settings, including at home and in the
wider community.
Notes that community hospitals are one of
several settings which can play a role in providing both respite care and step
up/step down care.
Welcomes:
a) the Welsh Government's commitment to develop
a national approach to respite to ensure that respite is responsive to
individuals' needs in a consistent manner across Wales;
b) the investment in extra care services made
possible through the £60m Intermediate Care Fund in 2017-18; and
c) the new £40m fund announced in the 2017-18
Budget to develop new integrated health and social care centres across Wales.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
39 |
0 |
13 |
52 |
Amendment 1 was
agreed.
Amendment 2. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire):
Add at end of point 1:
"and recognises the role of allied
healthcare professionals in reducing avoidable demand for social care."
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
0 |
1 |
52 |
Amendment 2 was
agreed.
Amendment 3. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point at end of the motion:
Calls on the Welsh
Government to update the Assembly on the operation of S35 of the Social
Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, with regard to meeting carers'
respite needs.
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
0 |
1 |
52 |
Amendment 3 was
agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6223 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that
good social care services play an essential role in keeping the NHS sustainable and recognises the
role of allied healthcare professionals in reducing avoidable demand for social
care.
2. Recognises and appreciates the
contribution unpaid carers make to the health and social care system.
3. Believes respite care should be flexible
and can take place in a wide variety of settings, including at home and in the
wider community.
4. Notes that community hospitals are one of
several settings which can play a role in providing both respite care and step
up/step down care.
5. Welcomes:
a) the Welsh Government's commitment to
develop a national approach to respite to ensure that respite is responsive to
individuals' needs in a consistent manner across Wales;
b) the investment in extra care services made
possible through the £60m Intermediate Care Fund in 2017-18; and
c) the new £40m fund announced in the 2017-18 Budget to develop nw
integrated health and social care centres across Wales.
6. Calls on the Welsh Government
to update the Assembly on the operation of S35 of the Social Services and
Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, with regard to meeting carers' respite needs.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
38 |
0 |
14 |
52 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.