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NDM7193 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Hospice and Palliative Care in Wales
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Meeting: 20/11/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Hospice and Palliative Care
NDM7193
Darren Millar (Clwyd
West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the Cross Party Group on Hospices and Palliative Care’s report on
Inequalities in Access to Hospice and Palliative Care.
2.
Acknowledges that approximately 23,000 people in Wales have a palliative care
need at any one time, including over 1,000 children.
3.
Recognises that whilst some progress has been made in widening access to
hospice and palliative care in Wales, there remains significant unmet need and
under-met need, and calls on the Welsh Government to address this.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
outline how Wales will become a 'compassionate country';
b)
ensure that strengthening the provision of palliative care services in Wales is
made central to this approach;
c)
provide consistent reporting criteria, and address gaps in data collection on
adult and paediatric palliative care needs;
d)
update the funding mechanism for charitable hospices so that it is based on
current local population need and prevalence data;
e)
increase the level of statutory funding provided to adult and children’s
hospices in Wales.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all after point 2 and replace with:
Recognises that progress has been made in
widening access to hospice and palliative care in Wales and that further work
is needed to establish any unmet need
Notes that the Welsh Government will:
a) continue to work with statutory and
third sector partners to deliver on the ambition of making Wales the world’s
first 'compassionate country';
b) ensure that strengthening the provision
of palliative care services in Wales is made central to this approach;
c) provide consistent reporting criteria,
and address gaps in data collection on adult and paediatric palliative care
needs;
d) continue to monitor the mechanism of
funding for charitable hospices working with the end of life board and health
boards;
e)
continue to monitor and review funding provided to adult and children’s
hospices in Wales.
[If Amendment 1 is agreed amendments 2 and
3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new sub-point at end of point 4:
ensure carers receive the support they need
both during and after they have cared for somebody receiving palliative care.
Amendment 3 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new sub-point at end of point 4:
ensure that provision of a variety of
services is available in all parts of Wales so that the choices of the
individual over the type and location of palliative care they receive can be
respected.
Minutes:
The item started at
15.59
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7193 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the Cross Party Group on Hospices and Palliative Care’s report on
Inequalities in Access to Hospice and Palliative Care.
2.
Acknowledges that approximately 23,000 people in Wales have a palliative care
need at any one time, including over 1,000 children.
3.
Recognises that whilst some progress has been made in widening access to
hospice and palliative care in Wales, there remains significant unmet need and
under-met need, and calls on the Welsh Government to address this.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
outline how Wales will become a 'compassionate country';
b)
ensure that strengthening the provision of palliative care services in Wales is
made central to this approach;
c)
provide consistent reporting criteria, and address gaps in data collection on
adult and paediatric palliative care needs;
d)
update the funding mechanism for charitable hospices so that it is based on
current local population need and prevalence data;
e)
increase the level of statutory funding provided to adult and children’s
hospices in Wales.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
14 |
0 |
33 |
47 |
The motion without amendment was not
agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete all after
point 2 and replace with:
Recognises that
progress has been made in widening access to hospice and palliative care in
Wales and that further work is needed to establish any unmet need
Notes that the
Welsh Government will:
a) continue to work
with statutory and third sector partners to deliver on the ambition of making
Wales the world’s first 'compassionate country';
b) ensure that
strengthening the provision of palliative care services in Wales is made
central to this approach;
c) provide
consistent reporting criteria, and address gaps in data collection on adult and
paediatric palliative care needs;
d) continue to
monitor the mechanism of funding for charitable hospices working with the end
of life board and health boards;
e) continue
to monitor and review funding provided to adult and children’s hospices in
Wales.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
28 |
0 |
19 |
47 |
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:
NDM7193 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the Cross Party Group on Hospices and Palliative Care’s report on
Inequalities in Access to Hospice and Palliative Care.
2.
Acknowledges that approximately 23,000 people in Wales have a palliative care
need at any one time, including over 1,000 children.
3. Recognises that
progress has been made in widening access to hospice and palliative care in
Wales and that further work is needed to establish any unmet need
4. Notes that the
Welsh Government will:
a) continue to work
with statutory and third sector partners to deliver on the ambition of making
Wales the world’s first 'compassionate country';
b) ensure that
strengthening the provision of palliative care services in Wales is made
central to this approach;
c) provide
consistent reporting criteria, and address gaps in data collection on adult and
paediatric palliative care needs;
d) continue to
monitor the mechanism of funding for charitable hospices working with the end
of life board and health boards;
e) continue
to monitor and review funding provided to adult and children’s hospices in
Wales.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
27 |
11 |
9 |
47 |
The motion as amended was agreed.