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NDM7048 Debate: The Chief Medical Officer for Wales 2018-19 Annual Report – Valuing our Health

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Meeting: 14/05/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Debate: The Chief Medical Officer for Wales 2018-19 Annual Report – Valuing our Health

NDM7048 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales

1. Notes the Chief Medical Officer for Wales’s Annual Report for 2018-19 ‘Valuing our Health’ published on 7 May 2019 and in particular welcomes:

a) the CMO’s reflections on the achievements, opportunities and challenges which we face in improving the health of people in Wales;

b) his focus on the importance of achieving best value from the resources available in health care;

c) the importance of research to health improvement and the Welsh economy; and

d) his assessment of the major health threats we face.

Chief Medical Officer: annual report 2018 to 2019

The following amendment was tabled:

Amendment 1 – Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

Add new point at end of motion:

Regrets the continued failure to bring forward legislation to tackle air pollution as a way of improving health.

Minutes:

The item started at 17.10

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

NDM7048 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales

1. Notes the Chief Medical Officer for Wales’s Annual Report for 2018-19 ‘Valuing our Health’ published on 7 May 2019 and in particular welcomes:

a) the CMO’s reflections on the achievements, opportunities and challenges which we face in improving the health of people in Wales;

b) his focus on the importance of achieving best value from the resources available in health care;

c) the importance of research to health improvement and the Welsh economy; and

d) his assessment of the major health threats we face.

The following amendment was tabled:

Amendment 1 – Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

Add new point at end of motion:

Regrets the continued failure to bring forward legislation to tackle air pollution as a way of improving health.

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

15

0

27

42

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion:

NDM7048 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales

1. Notes the Chief Medical Officer for Wales’s Annual Report for 2018-19 ‘Valuing our Health’ published on 7 May 2019 and in particular welcomes:

a) the CMO’s reflections on the achievements, opportunities and challenges which we face in improving the health of people in Wales;

b) his focus on the importance of achieving best value from the resources available in health care;

c) the importance of research to health improvement and the Welsh economy; and

d) his assessment of the major health threats we face.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

43

0

0

43

The motion was agreed.