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NDM6829 Welsh Conservatives debate - NHS Capacity
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Meeting: 17/10/2018 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Welsh Conservatives debate - NHS Capacity
NDM6829 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Expresses concern at the capacity of the
Welsh NHS to meet demand for services throughout the year, not just in the
winter months.
2. Notes that year-round pressures hinder
the ability of the NHS to provide consistent and equitable access to
out-of-hours, critical care and ambulance services.
3. Calls upon the Welsh Government to
develop a comprehensive national plan to address pressures on out-of-hours,
critical care and ambulance services to ensure that patients receive timely
services which meet their needs.
The following
amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Julie
James (Swansea West)
Delete all and replace with:
1. Recognises the work that is being done
to build the capacity of the Welsh NHS to meet demand for services throughout
the year, not just in the winter months.
2. Notes that year-round pressures need to
be recognised and understood to support the ability of the NHS to provide
consistent and equitable access to out-of-hours, critical care and ambulance
services.
3. Calls upon the Welsh Government to
support the implementation of a Healthier Wales to address pressures on
out-of-hours, critical care and ambulance services to ensure that patients
receive timely services which meet their needs.
[If amendment 1 is
agreed, amendments 2 and 3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 -
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new point after point 2 and renumber
accordingly:
Notes that financial pressures that lead to
poorer social care services contribute to increasing pressures on the NHS.
Amendment 3 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
In point 3, insert 'social care,' after
'pressures on'.
Minutes:
The item started at
16.56
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM6829
Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Expresses concern at the capacity of the Welsh NHS to meet demand for services
throughout the year, not just in the winter months.
2.
Notes that year-round pressures hinder the ability of the NHS to provide
consistent and equitable access to out-of-hours, critical care and ambulance
services.
3.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to develop a comprehensive national plan to
address pressures on out-of-hours, critical care and ambulance services to
ensure that patients receive timely services which meet their needs.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
15 |
1 |
34 |
50 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Julie James (Swansea West)
Delete all and
replace with:
1. Recognises the
work that is being done to build the capacity of the Welsh NHS to meet demand
for services throughout the year, not just in the winter months.
2. Notes that
year-round pressures need to be recognised and understood to support the
ability of the NHS to provide consistent and equitable access to out-of-hours,
critical care and ambulance services.
3. Calls upon the
Welsh Government to support the implementation of a Healthier Wales to address
pressures on out-of-hours, critical care and ambulance services to ensure that
patients receive timely services which meet their needs.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
30 |
1 |
19 |
50 |
Amendment
1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was agreed, amendments 2 and 3
were de-selected
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6829 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the
work that is being done to build the capacity of the Welsh NHS to meet demand
for services throughout the year, not just in the winter months.
2. Notes that
year-round pressures need to be recognised and understood to support the
ability of the NHS to provide consistent and equitable access to out-of-hours,
critical care and ambulance services.
3. Calls upon the
Welsh Government to support the implementation of a Healthier Wales to address
pressures on out-of-hours, critical care and ambulance services to ensure that
patients receive timely services which meet their needs.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
28 |
1 |
21 |
50 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.