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NDM7178 Plaid Cymru debate - Access to Health Services
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Meeting: 06/11/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 10)
Plaid Cymru debate - Access to Health Services
NDM7178 Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Expresses concern with the lack of access
to basic medical services, including GPs and NHS dentistry, in many parts of
Wales.
2. Calls for the recruitment and retention
of additional medical staff to ensure appropriate access to health services
across Wales.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes the positive action underway
through the Primary Care Model for Wales to improve people’s access, day and
night, to the right professional and service for their particular needs.
2. Notes the marked improvement in the
recruitment of doctors to the GP speciality training programme this year.
[If Amendment 1 is agreed amendments 2, 3
and 4 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
Add as new point after point 1 and renumber
accordingly:
Regrets that over 119,000 patients in Wales
are covered by GP practices at risk and calls upon the Welsh Government to
ensure that primary care is adequately funded by receiving at least 10 per cent
of the overall NHS budget.
Amendment 3 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point after point 1 and renumber
accordingly:
Notes the ongoing concerns of the British
Medical Association Cymru regarding the future sustainability of primary care
services and the publication of the latest Welsh GP practice heat Map.
British
Medical Association - Welsh GP practice heat map April 2019
Amendment 4 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 2, after 'staff' insert 'and other
health professionals'.
Amendment 5 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Further calls on the Welsh Government to
undertake a root and branch review of workforce planning within the Welsh NHS.
Minutes:
The item started at
16.54
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7178 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Expresses concern with the lack of access to basic medical services, including
GPs and NHS dentistry, in many parts of Wales.
2.
Calls for the recruitment and retention of additional medical staff to ensure
appropriate access to health services across Wales.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
13 |
0 |
32 |
45 |
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:
1. Notes the positive
action underway through the Primary Care Model for Wales to improve people’s
access, day and night, to the right professional and service for their
particular needs.
2. Notes the marked
improvement in the recruitment of doctors to the GP speciality training
programme this year.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
25 |
0 |
21 |
46 |
Amendment 1 was agreed/not agreed.
As
Amendment 1 was agreed amendments 2, 3 and 4 were de-selected
Amendment 5 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Further calls on the Welsh Government to undertake a root and branch
review of workforce planning within the Welsh NHS.
A vote was taken on
amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
20 |
0 |
26 |
46 |
Amendment 5 was not agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7178 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the
positive action underway through the Primary Care Model for Wales to improve people’s
access, day and night, to the right professional and service for their
particular needs.
2. Notes the marked
improvement in the recruitment of doctors to the GP speciality training
programme this year.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
26 |
0 |
20 |
46 |
The motion as amended was agreed.