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NDM7911 Welsh Conservatives debate - Cancer Services
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Meeting: 09/02/2022 - Plenary (Item 7)
Welsh Conservatives debate - Cancer services
NDM7911
Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Notes the Welsh NHS COVID-19 recovery plan published at the end of the last
parliamentary term.
2.
Expresses concern:
a)
that waiting lists numbers in Wales continue to rise, with nearly one in three
patients waiting more than a year for treatment;
b)
that Wales will soon be the only country in the United Kingdom without a cancer
strategy.
3.
Notes further concern at reports from the National Cancer Clinical Director for
Wales that services will have to work at 120 to 130 per cent of previous
capacity to deal with increased numbers of cancer patients.
4.
Expresses disappointment that the 2021 quality statement on cancer lacks detail
and only sets minimum standards for cancer services.
5.
Urges the Welsh Government to:
a)
urgently publish a workforce recruitment and retention plan for cancer
specialists;
b)
publish a full cancer strategy which will set out how Wales will tackle cancer
over the next five years; and
c)
support cancer patients through their treatment by, for example, introducing
free dental care during radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Health and Social Care
in Wales – COVID-19: Looking forward
Quality Statement on Cancer 2021
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment
1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete
all after sub-point 2(a) and replace with new point:
Notes:
a)
the approach set out in A Healthier Wales, which includes the introduction of
quality statements for the development of clinical services;
b)
the Welsh Government’s approach to improving cancer outcomes was published on
22 March 2021 in the form of a quality statement;
c)
the Welsh Government’s ‘Health and Social Care in Wales - COVID-19: Looking
Forward’, which included cancer, was published on 22 March 2021;
d)
nearly £250 million in year is being invested in the recovery of NHS services,
including cancer;
e)
the most recent official cancer statistics show the number of patients newly
diagnosed with cancer who started their first definitive treatment increased to
the highest level since comparable data was first collected in June 2019;
f)
the expansion of NHS training places includes an additional four higher
training posts for clinical oncology and an additional three higher training
posts for medical oncology each year for five years;
g)
health boards will be focusing on recovery of cancer services in their
Integrated Medium Term Plans.
Quality Statement on
Cancer 2021
Improving health and
social care (COVID-19 looking forward)
[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 5:
'complete
the roll-out of multidisciplinary diagnostic centres across Wales as a matter
of priority'
Minutes:
The
item started at 15.55
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred
until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7911 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the Welsh NHS COVID-19 recovery plan published at the end
of the last parliamentary term.
2. Expresses concern:
a) that waiting lists numbers in Wales continue to rise, with
nearly one in three patients waiting more than a year for treatment;
b) that Wales will soon be the only country in the United Kingdom
without a cancer strategy.
3. Notes further concern at reports from the National Cancer
Clinical Director for Wales that services will have to work at 120 to 130 per
cent of previous capacity to deal with increased numbers of cancer patients.
4. Expresses disappointment that the 2021 quality statement on
cancer lacks detail and only sets minimum standards for cancer services.
5. Urges the Welsh Government to:
a) urgently publish a workforce recruitment and retention plan for
cancer specialists;
b) publish a full cancer strategy which will set out how Wales
will tackle cancer over the next five years; and
c) support cancer patients through their treatment by, for
example, introducing free dental care during radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Health
and Social Care in Wales – COVID-19: Looking forward
Quality
Statement on Cancer 2021
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
15 |
0 |
35 |
50 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1. Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete
all after sub-point 2(a) and replace with new point:
Notes:
a) the
approach set out in A Healthier Wales, which includes the introduction of
quality statements for the development of clinical services;
b) the
Welsh Government’s approach to improving cancer outcomes was published on 22
March 2021 in the form of a quality statement;
c) the
Welsh Government’s ‘Health and Social Care in Wales - COVID-19: Looking
Forward’, which included cancer, was published on 22 March 2021;
d)
nearly £250 million in year is being invested in the recovery of NHS services,
including cancer;
e) the
most recent official cancer statistics show the number of patients newly
diagnosed with cancer who started their first definitive treatment increased to
the highest level since comparable data was first collected in June 2019;
f) the
expansion of NHS training places includes an additional four higher training
posts for clinical oncology and an additional three higher training posts for
medical oncology each year for five years;
g)
health boards will be focusing on recovery of cancer services in their
Integrated Medium Term Plans.
Quality Statement on Cancer 2021
Improving health and social care (COVID-19 looking forward)
A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
25 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Presiding Officer exercised
her casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, amendment 1 was
not agreed.
Amendment
2. Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add as
new sub-point at end of point 5:
'complete
the roll-out of multidisciplinary diagnostic centres across Wales as a matter
of priority'
A vote
was taken on amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
25 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Presiding Officer exercised
her casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, amendment 2 was
not agreed.
As the Senedd did not agree the motion without amendment, and did
not agree the amendments tabled to the motion, the motion was therefore not
agreed.