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NDM7138 Plaid Cymru debate - NHS Pay and Conditions
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Meeting: 18/09/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 11)
Plaid Cymru debate - NHS Pay and Conditions
NDM7138 Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Regrets Betsi Cadwaladr University Health
Board’s proposals to extend nursing shifts without pay for more than 4,000
nurses and health care support workers.
2. Fears the loss of goodwill among staff
who already regularly work through their breaks or are on call on their wards
or units.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to protect
frontline workers’ pay and conditions within the NHS by ensuring that this
regressive proposal is scrapped.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
Values the NHS workforce and our social
partnership working arrangements.
Expects all NHS bodies to work with, engage
and consult with staff, their trades unions and other representative bodies on
operational changes that impact upon staff.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2, 3
and 4 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert as new point 2 and renumber
accordingly:
Further regrets that the number of working
days lost due to stress and mental health related issues within the health
board has increased by 20 per cent since 2014.
Amendment 3 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete point 3 and replace with:
Expresses concern that this proposal will
be unhelpful to staff morale and will place additional expectations on nurses
and health care workers to sacrifice their contractual break periods.
Amendment 4 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 3, delete ‘by ensuring’ and
replace with:
‘and for the Minister for Health and Social
Services to intervene to ensure’
Minutes:
The item started at
17.25
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7138 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Regrets Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s proposals to extend nursing
shifts without pay for more than 4,000 nurses and health care support workers.
2.
Fears the loss of goodwill among staff who already regularly work through their
breaks or are on call on their wards or units.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to protect frontline workers’ pay and conditions
within the NHS by ensuring that this regressive proposal is scrapped.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
13 |
0 |
35 |
48 |
The motion without amendment was not
agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete all and
replace with:
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
Values the NHS
workforce and our social partnership working arrangements.
Expects all NHS
bodies to work with, engage and consult with staff, their trades unions and
other representative bodies on operational changes that impact upon staff.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
0 |
21 |
48 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was
agreed, amendments 2, 3 and 4 were de-selected
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7138 Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Values the NHS workforce
and our social partnership working arrangements.
2. Expects all NHS
bodies to work with, engage and consult with staff, their trades unions and
other representative bodies on operational changes that impact upon staff.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
33 |
3 |
11 |
47 |
The motion as amended was agreed.