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NDM8266 Plaid Cymru Debate - Respiratory diseases

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Meeting: 17/05/2023 - Plenary (Item 8)

Plaid Cymru Debate - Respiratory disease

NDM8266 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes:

a) that 1 in 5 people live with a lung condition in Wales;

b) that Wales has the highest level of respiratory deaths in western Europe;

c) that respiratory services have not recovered post-pandemic, with waiting lists for pulmonary rehabilitation being as high as three years in some parts of Wales;

d) that the Welsh Government have developed a new quality statement but there is no implementation plan.

2. Calls upon the Welsh Government to develop an improvement plan for respiratory disease to transform improve the lives of people living with lung conditions.

The following amendment was tabled:

Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)

Delete all after 1(b) and replace with:

that Wales is leading the way in the UK in many aspects of improving respiratory disease services, including the use of digital education at scale to improve clinical care, the use of patient apps to reduce the need for urgent and emergency care, and supporting patients to move to using lower carbon footprint inhalers;

that the NHS will respond to the Quality Statement for Respiratory Disease through its local operational planning and will be supported nationally by the NHS Executive's clinical network for respiratory disease.

Quality Statement for Respiratory Disease

 

Minutes:

The item started at 17.05

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM8266 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes:

a) that 1 in 5 people live with a lung condition in Wales;

b) that Wales has the highest level of respiratory deaths in western Europe;

c) that respiratory services have not recovered post-pandemic, with waiting lists for pulmonary rehabilitation being as high as three years in some parts of Wales;

d) that the Welsh Government have developed a new quality statement but there is no implementation plan.

2. Calls upon the Welsh Government to develop an improvement plan for respiratory disease to transform improve the lives of people living with lung conditions.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

24

0

25

49

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Presiding Officer exercised her casting vote by voting against the motion. Therefore, the motion was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)

Delete all after 1(b) and replace with:

that Wales is leading the way in the UK in many aspects of improving respiratory disease services, including the use of digital education at scale to improve clinical care, the use of patient apps to reduce the need for urgent and emergency care, and supporting patients to move to using lower carbon footprint inhalers;

that the NHS will respond to the Quality Statement for Respiratory Disease through its local operational planning and will be supported nationally by the NHS Executive's clinical network for respiratory disease.

Quality Statement for Respiratory Disease

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

24

0

25

49

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Presiding Officer exercised her 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.