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NDM7244 Plaid Cymru Debate - NHS Performance
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Meeting: 29/01/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Plaid Cymru Debate - NHS Performance
NDM7244 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes the latest NHS performance statistics
and regrets the continued failure to achieve performance targets across a range
of specialities and services.
2. Regrets the cancellation of planned
operations to deal with winter pressures and believes it is possible to plan
for dealing with winter pressures whilst ensuring routine procedures continue.
3. Believes that staff in the NHS and
social care should be congratulated for their performance under difficult
circumstances.
4. Believes that improvements in the NHS
can only be sustained in the long run if:
a) social care services have parity of
esteem with the NHS, and regrets that social care services have been
under-funded at the expense of the NHS;
b) substantial investment in services that
prevent ill health takes place;
c) improvements to working conditions and
workforce planning take place to improve recruitment and retention of NHS and
social care staff.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point after point 2 and
renumber accordingly:
Regrets that some Welsh health boards are
delaying recruitment due to financial pressures which is exacerbating poor
performance and pressure on frontline staff.
Amendment 2 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete point 4 and replace with:
Recognises the impact a decade of unjust UK
driven austerity has on the resources available to fund public services
including health and social care and believes that improvements in the NHS can only
be sustained in the long run if:
a) NHS and social care work together as
equal partners;
b) investment continues across both systems
to support people to stay well and out of hospital;
c) there remains a focus on the
recruitment, retention and wellbeing of our health and care workforce supported
by the joint health and social care workforce strategy.
[If Amendment 2 is agreed amendments 3 and
4 will be de-selected]
Amendment 3 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 4 (a) delete ', and regrets that
social care services have been under-funded at the expense of the NHS'.
Amendment 4 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert as new sub-point at end of point 4:
'the artificial barriers between mental and
physical health are removed.'
Amendment 5 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Welcomes the opportunities to invest
additional resources into the Welsh NHS and social care services to boost
performance as a result of real terms increases in the Welsh block grant.
Minutes:
The item started at
16.59
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7244 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the latest NHS performance statistics and regrets the continued failure
to achieve performance targets across a range of specialities and services.
2.
Regrets the cancellation of planned operations to deal with winter pressures
and believes it is possible to plan for dealing with winter pressures whilst
ensuring routine procedures continue.
3.
Believes that staff in the NHS and social care should be congratulated for
their performance under difficult circumstances.
4.
Believes that improvements in the NHS can only be sustained in the long run if:
a)
social care services have parity of esteem with the NHS, and regrets that
social care services have been under-funded at the expense of the NHS;
b)
substantial investment in services that prevent ill health takes place;
c)
improvements to working conditions and workforce planning take place to improve
recruitment and retention of NHS and social care staff.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
13 |
1 |
36 |
50 |
The motion without amendment was not
agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new
point after point 2 and renumber accordingly:
Regrets that some
Welsh health boards are delaying recruitment due to financial pressures which
is exacerbating poor performance and pressure on frontline staff.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
15 |
0 |
35 |
50 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete point 4 and
replace with:
Recognises the
impact a decade of unjust UK driven austerity has on the resources available to
fund public services including health and social care and believes that
improvements in the NHS can only be sustained in the long run if:
a) NHS and social
care work together as equal partners;
b) investment
continues across both systems to support people to stay well and out of
hospital;
c) there remains a
focus on the recruitment, retention and wellbeing of our health and care
workforce supported by the joint health and social care workforce strategy.
A vote was taken on
amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
27 |
0 |
23 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
As
amendment 2 was agreed, amendments 3 and 4 were deselected.
Amendment 5 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
A vote was taken on
amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
42 |
0 |
8 |
50 |
Amendment 5 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7244 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the latest NHS performance statistics and regrets the continued failure
to achieve performance targets across a range of specialities and services.
2.
Regrets the cancellation of planned operations to deal with winter pressures
and believes it is possible to plan for dealing with winter pressures whilst
ensuring routine procedures continue.
3.
Believes that staff in the NHS and social care should be congratulated for
their performance under difficult circumstances.
4. Recognises the
impact a decade of unjust UK driven austerity has on the resources available to
fund public services including health and social care and believes that
improvements in the NHS can only be sustained in the long run if:
a) NHS and social
care work together as equal partners;
b) investment
continues across both systems to support people to stay well and out of
hospital;
c) there remains a
focus on the recruitment, retention and wellbeing of our health and care
workforce supported by the joint health and social care workforce strategy.
5. Welcomes the
opportunities to invest additional resources into the Welsh NHS and social care
services to boost performance as a result of real terms increases in the Welsh
block grant.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
34 |
0 |
16 |
50 |
The motion as amended was agreed.