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NDM7042 - Debate: The Primary Care Model for Wales

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Meeting: 07/05/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Debate: The Primary Care Model for Wales

NDM7042 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the action being taken to transform services in line with the Primary Care Model for Wales.

Primary Care Model for Wales

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets that some of the aims within the Primary Care Model for General Medical Services will be undermined by the current GP recruitment crisis.

Amendment 2 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Notes that GP recruitment challenges have led to the closure of GP practices, practices being managed by local health boards, an increasing reliance on locums and gaps in GP out-of-hours service rotas.

Amendment 3 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

 Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets that Wales is training insufficient numbers of new GPs to meet the needs of the people of Wales.

Amendment 4 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Notes the ongoing dispute between GP representatives and the Welsh Government over GP indemnity and the potential adverse impact that this may have on GP recruitment.

 

Amendment 5 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) Increase the number of GP training places in Wales;b) Increase the proportion of the NHS budget allocated to Primary Care; andc) Address GP representative body concerns over GP indemnity.

 

Minutes:

The item started at 16.28

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

NDM7042 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the action being taken to transform services in line with the Primary Care Model for Wales.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets that some of the aims within the Primary Care Model for General Medical Services will be undermined by the current GP recruitment crisis.

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

22

0

28

50

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Notes that GP recruitment challenges have led to the closure of GP practices, practices being managed by local health boards, an increasing reliance on locums and gaps in GP out-of-hours service rotas.

A vote was taken on amendment 2:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

22

0

28

50

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

Amendment 3 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

 Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets that Wales is training insufficient numbers of new GPs to meet the needs of the people of Wales.

A vote was taken on amendment 3:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

22

0

28

50

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

Amendment 4 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Notes the ongoing dispute between GP representatives and the Welsh Government over GP indemnity and the potential adverse impact that this may have on GP recruitment.

A vote was taken on amendment 4:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

15

7

28

50

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

Amendment 5 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) Increase the number of GP training places in Wales;b) Increase the proportion of the NHS budget allocated to Primary Care; andc) Address GP representative body concerns over GP indemnity

A vote was taken on amendment 5:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

22

0

28

50

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM7042 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the action being taken to transform services in line with the Primary Care Model for Wales.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

41

8

1

50

The motion as amended was agreed.