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NDM8171 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Liver disease
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Meeting: 11/01/2023 - Plenary (Item 7)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Liver disease
NDM8171 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the recent publication of the Quality
Statement on Liver Disease by the Welsh Government.
2. Regrets that while 90 per cent of
liver disease is preventable, liver disease deaths have doubled in the last two
decades and 9 in 10 liver cancer patients die within 5 years of being diagnosed.
3. Recognises that alcohol, obesity and
viral hepatitis are the main risk factors for liver disease which is projected
to increase with over 3 in 5 people in Wales being overweight or obese and 1 in
5 people in Wales drinking alcohol above recommended levels.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to publish
a clear timetable for the delivery of the outcomes and targets in the quality
statement, including:
a) the doubling of the hepatology
workforce, including liver nurse specialists, to address huge variation in
access to specialist care;
b) when all health boards will have
seven-day alcohol care teams in place to meet local need;
c) when and how the
all-Wales abnormal liver blood test pathway will be adopted by all GPs to
improve the early detection of liver disease.
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 4 and replace with:
Recognises the need for the Welsh Government, health boards and the emerging NHS Executive network structures to work closely together to drive forward implementation of the liver disease quality statement and deliver better outcomes on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of liver disease in Wales.
Minutes:
The
item started at 16.40
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred
until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM8171 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the recent publication of the Quality Statement on Liver
Disease by the Welsh Government.
2. Regrets that while 90 per cent of liver disease is
preventable, liver disease deaths have doubled in the last two decades and 9 in
10 liver cancer patients die within 5 years of being diagnosed.
3. Recognises that alcohol, obesity and viral hepatitis are the
main risk factors for liver disease which is projected to increase with over 3
in 5 people in Wales being overweight or obese and 1 in 5 people in Wales
drinking alcohol above recommended levels.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to publish a clear timetable for
the delivery of the outcomes and targets in the quality statement, including:
a) the doubling of the hepatology workforce, including liver nurse
specialists, to address huge variation in access to specialist care;
b) when all health boards will have seven-day alcohol care
teams in place to meet local need;
c) when and how the all-Wales abnormal liver blood test pathway
will be adopted by all GPs to improve the early detection of liver disease.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
26 |
0 |
29 |
55 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete
point 4 and replace with:
Recognises
the need for the Welsh Government, health boards and the emerging NHS Executive
network structures to work closely together to drive forward implementation of
the liver disease quality statement and deliver better outcomes on the
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of liver disease in Wales.
A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
28 |
0 |
27 |
55 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM8171 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the recent publication of the Quality Statement on Liver
Disease by the Welsh Government.
2. Regrets that while 90 per cent of liver disease is
preventable, liver disease deaths have doubled in the last two decades and 9 in
10 liver cancer patients die within 5 years of being diagnosed.
3. Recognises that alcohol, obesity and viral hepatitis are the
main risk factors for liver disease which is projected to increase with over 3
in 5 people in Wales being overweight or obese and 1 in 5 people in Wales
drinking alcohol above recommended levels.
4.
Recognises the need for the Welsh Government, health boards and the emerging
NHS Executive network structures to work closely together to drive forward
implementation of the liver disease quality statement and deliver better
outcomes on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of liver disease in Wales.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
45 |
10 |
0 |
55 |
The motion as amended was agreed.