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NDM7793 Welsh Conservatives debate: Mental Health
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Meeting: 06/10/2021 - Plenary (Item 9)
Welsh Conservatives Debate – Mental health
NDM7793 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Sunday 10 October is world
mental health day.
2. Recognises the impact of COVID-19 on mental
health support and mental health inequalities.
3. Regrets that the number of young people
presenting at hospital with self-harming issues has risen by 39 per cent since
2007.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to include in
its replacement 10-year mental health strategy next year:
a) actions to implement recommendations from
the Fifth Senedd's Children, Young People and Education Committee’s reports,
Mind over Matter and Mind over Matter: Two years on;
b) annual reports and the establishment of
targets for waiting times for mental health treatment, including the reduction
of backlogs;
c) a national rollout of 24-hour mental health
crisis centres;
d) a clear mental health workforce plan.
5. Further calls on the Welsh Government to
introduce a new mental health Act.
Mind
Over Matter: Two years on
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all after point 2 and replace with:
Notes the commitment to review the evidence,
data and current service provision around all age self-harm in Wales.
Welcomes the Welsh Government's continued
commitment to:
a) implement recommendations from the Fifth
Senedd's Children, Young People and Education Committee’s reports, Mind over
Matter and Mind over Matter: Two years on;
b) strengthen and publish mental health
waiting time data and improve performance across Wales;
c) a national roll-out of 24-hour mental
health crisis support;
d) a clear mental health workforce plan.
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure the
reform of the UK Mental Health Act is fit for Wales and aligns with current
related legislation in Wales.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be
de-selected]
Amendment 2 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add as new sub-point at end of point 4:
'the roll-out of a network of preventative
youth mental health and wellbeing centres’.
Minutes:
The item started at 15.37
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without
amendment:
NDM7793 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Sunday 10 October is
world mental health day.
2. Recognises the impact of
COVID-19 on mental health support and mental health inequalities.
3. Regrets that the number of young
people presenting at hospital with self-harming issues has risen by 39 per cent
since 2007.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to
include in its replacement 10-year mental health strategy next year:
a) actions to implement
recommendations from the Fifth Senedd's Children, Young People and Education
Committee’s reports, Mind over Matter and Mind over Matter: Two years on;
b) annual reports and the
establishment of targets for waiting times for mental health treatment,
including the reduction of backlogs;
c) a national rollout of 24-hour
mental health crisis centres;
d) a clear mental health workforce
plan.
5. Further calls on the Welsh
Government to introduce a new mental health Act.
Mind
Over Matter: Two years on
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
0 |
39 |
53 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all after point 2 and
replace with:
Welcomes
the Welsh Government's continued commitment to:
a)
implement recommendations from the Fifth Senedd's Children, Young People and
Education Committee’s reports, Mind over Matter and Mind over Matter: Two years
on;
b)
strengthen and publish mental health waiting time data and improve performance
across Wales;
c)
a national roll-out of 24-hour mental health crisis support;
d)
a clear mental health workforce plan.
Calls
on the Welsh Government to ensure the reform of the UK Mental Health Act is fit
for Wales and aligns with current related legislation in Wales.
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
0 |
26 |
53 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was agreed,
amendment 2 was de-selected.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Sunday 10 October is world
mental health day.
2. Recognises the impact of
COVID-19 on mental health support and mental health inequalities.
3. Notes the commitment to review the
evidence, data and current service provision around all age self-harm in
Wales.
4. Welcomes the Welsh Government's continued
commitment to:
a) implement recommendations from the Fifth
Senedd's Children, Young People and Education Committee’s reports, Mind over
Matter and Mind over Matter: Two years on;
b) strengthen and publish mental health
waiting time data and improve performance across Wales;
c) a national roll-out of 24-hour mental
health crisis support;
d) a clear mental health workforce plan.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure
the reform of the UK Mental Health Act is fit for Wales and aligns with current
related legislation in Wales.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
52 |
0 |
1 |
53 |
The motion as amended was agreed.