NDM8266 Plaid Cymru Debate - Respiratory diseases

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