NDM8478 Plaid Cymru Debate - The health service
NDM8478 Plaid Cymru Debate - The health service
NDM8478 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Supports the heroic efforts of NHS staff
in Wales as they provide care in challenging circumstances.
2. Notes the first anniversary of the
Minister for Health and Social Services setting out the Welsh Government's
priorities for the NHS in Wales.
3. Believes that:
a) health outcomes have worsened in the past
year; and
b) a failure to act on the priorities has
contributed to all health boards being in some form of escalation status.
4. Regrets that:
a) the number of patient pathways waiting for
treatment was 758,815 in November 2023, compared to 731,102 in February 2023;
b) 53.5 per cent of patients started their
first definitive treatment within the target of 62 days of first being
suspected of cancer in November 2023 , compared to 54.3 per cent in
February 2023;
c) the full time equivalent number of GPs in
Wales was 1901 in 2013 and 1429.6 in 2023; and
d) 66.7 per cent of patients spent less than
4 hours in A&E in December 2023, compared to 71.5 per cent in February
2023.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) set out a clear timescale to de-escalate
intervention arrangements in every health board; and
b) declare a health emergency.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all after point 2 and replace with:
Notes that:
a) at the end of November 2023, the
percentage of open pathways waiting less than 104 weeks was 96.7%, which is
20th successive improvement and the highest it has been since August 2021;
b) in 2023, the average number of people
referred onto the suspected cancer pathway per month has increased by 53% since
2020;
c) in November 2023, nearly 14,800 people who
were referred for suspected cancer were informed they did not have cancer, the
second highest on record;
d) there were more fully-qualified GPs
working in Wales in June 2023 compared with the year before – an increase of
0.9%; and
e) latest available data for December 2023
show a 51% reduction in average ambulance response time performance for amber
calls, 29% improvement in ambulance patient handover performance and a 20%
reduction in patients spending over 12 hours in emergency departments before
admission or discharge; when compared with the same month in 2022.
If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and 3
will be de-selected.
Amendment 2 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new sub-point at end of point 5:
develop and deliver a workforce plan for the
Welsh NHS;
Amendment 3 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new sub-point at end of point 5:
set a target to eliminate two-year waits by September 2024 and create a taskforce to deliver it;
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Type: For information
First published: 16/02/2024