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NDM8064 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Hepatitis C
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Meeting: 30/11/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)
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3 Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Service regarding progress made towards achieving elimination of hepatitis C in Wales
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
3.6 The Committee noted the letter.
Meeting: 30/11/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)
- Webcast for 30/11/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee
- Transcript for 30/11/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee
3 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Service regarding progress made towards achieving elimination of hepatitis C in Wales
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
3.7 The Committee noted the letter.
Meeting: 13/07/2022 - Plenary (Item 10)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Hepatitis C
NDM8064 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Acknowledges that Wales has made good progress
towards eliminating the hepatitis C virus (HCV) by establishing a highly
effective national clinical network, as well as having equitable and
transparent access to treatment right across the country.
2. Notes the ground-breaking successes in
several areas, including achieving the elimination of HCV in the prison
population of HMP Swansea (the first remand prison in the UK), as well as
successfully transplanting and treating the organs from infected donors with
HCV to new recipients - another UK first.
3. Recognises that whilst the Welsh
Government is still committed to its strategic elimination goal, increased
political prioritisation and resources are required to close the testing and
treatment gap that has emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the
2030 target date is not exceeded.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) mandate the re-establishment of
frontline blood borne virus and harm reduction services in all health board
areas, so that the identification, testing, linkage to care and treatment of
HCV patients in Wales can resume;
b) develop a national strategic plan to
deliver HCV elimination by 2030 at the latest, which is sustainably resourced,
patient centric and focuses on the whole pathway;
c) ensure that
health boards are funded and accountable for delivering the national strategic
plan, in terms of service delivery, data monitoring and reporting performance.
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 4 and replace with:
Notes:
a) the Welsh Government’s expectation that
frontline blood borne viruses and harm reduction services, including for
hepatitis C, will be re-established in all health board areas as soon as
possible;
b) that the Welsh Government is working
closely with the NHS in Wales to support their planning to ensure that Wales is
able to meet the World Health Organisation target of eliminating hepatitis C by
2030;
c) that established systems are in place to
ensure that health boards are supported and held accountable for meeting the
target in terms of service delivery, data monitoring and reporting performance.
Minutes:
The item started at 17.36
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without
amendment:
NDM8064 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Acknowledges that Wales has made good progress towards eliminating
the hepatitis C virus (HCV) by establishing a highly effective national
clinical network, as well as having equitable and transparent access to
treatment right across the country.
2. Notes the ground-breaking successes in several areas, including
achieving the elimination of HCV in the prison population of HMP Swansea (the
first remand prison in the UK), as well as successfully transplanting and
treating the organs from infected donors with HCV to new recipients - another
UK first.
3. Recognises that whilst the Welsh Government is still committed to
its strategic elimination goal, increased political prioritisation and
resources are required to close the testing and treatment gap that has emerged
due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the 2030 target date is not
exceeded.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) mandate the re-establishment of frontline blood borne virus and
harm reduction services in all health board areas, so that the identification,
testing, linkage to care and treatment of HCV patients in Wales can resume;
b) develop a national strategic plan to deliver HCV elimination by
2030 at the latest, which is sustainably resourced, patient centric and focuses
on the whole pathway;
c) ensure that health boards are funded and accountable for delivering
the national strategic plan, in terms of service delivery, data monitoring and
reporting performance.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
26 |
0 |
27 |
53 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy
Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the motion.
Therefore, the motion was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 4 and replace with:
Notes:
a) the Welsh Government’s expectation that
frontline blood borne viruses and harm reduction services, including for
hepatitis C, will be re-established in all health board areas as soon as
possible;
b) that the Welsh Government is working
closely with the NHS in Wales to support their planning to ensure that Wales is
able to meet the World Health Organisation target of eliminating hepatitis C by
2030;
c) that established systems are in place to
ensure that health boards are supported and held accountable for meeting the
target in terms of service delivery, data monitoring and reporting performance.
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
26 |
0 |
27 |
53 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy
Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the amendment.
Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.
As the Senedd did not agree the motion without amendment, and did not agree the amendment tabled to the motion, the motion was therefore not agreed.