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NDM6195 - Welsh Conservatives debate

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Meeting: 11/01/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Welsh Conservatives debate

NDM6195 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport’s statement in November 2016 on winter preparedness.

2. Further notes the Royal College of Physicians’ response to the inquiry into winter preparedness 2016/17, which stated that: “The challenges facing health boards as they prepare for winter are complex. They reflect wider pressures on the NHS and social care”, and that; “Health boards are operating in an under-funded, under-doctored and overstretched context”.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to provide a status report on how its 2016/17 planning, alongside those of Welsh Health Boards, is performing against the current situation across the Welsh NHS.

Statement: Winter Preparedness

Inquiry into winter preparedness 2016/17: RCP Wales response

The following amendments have been tabled:

Amendment 1. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
 
Delete all after "pressures on the NHS and social care" in point 2 and replace with:

3. Recognises that the Welsh Government is investing record levels in the NHS to meet growing demand, particularly during winter months.

4. Puts on record its support to the NHS and social care staff who have worked incredibly hard over the winter period to ensure the best treatment and care for patients.

5. Calls on the Welsh Government to provide a status report on how Local Health Boards' and the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust's 2016/17 planning is performing against the current situation across the Welsh NHS.

[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 3 will be de-selected]

Amendment 2. Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

After point 2, add as new point and renumber accordingly:

"Notes that social care services are also operating in an under-funded and overstretched context, and these services also provide an important part of winter preparedness.
 
Amendment 3. Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
 
In point 3, after "Welsh Health Boards" insert "and social care services".

Minutes:

The item started at 15.08

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM6195 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport’s statement in November 2016 on winter preparedness.

2. Further notes the Royal College of Physicians’ response to the inquiry into winter preparedness 2016/17, which stated that: “The challenges facing health boards as they prepare for winter are complex. They reflect wider pressures on the NHS and social care”, and that; “Health boards are operating in an under-funded, under-doctored and overstretched context”.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to provide a status report on how its 2016/17 planning, alongside those of Welsh Health Boards, is performing against the current situation across the Welsh NHS.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

17

0

34

51

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

Delete all after "pressures on the NHS and social care" in point 2 and replace with:

3. Recognises that the Welsh Government is investing record levels in the NHS to meet growing demand, particularly during winter months.

4. Puts on record its support to the NHS and social care staff who have worked incredibly hard over the winter period to ensure the best treatment and care for patients.

5. Calls on the Welsh Government to provide a status report on how Local Health Boards' and the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust's 2016/17 planning is performing against the current situation across the Welsh NHS.

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

27

1

23

51

Amendment 1 was agreed.

Amendment 2. Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

After point 2, add as new point and renumber accordingly:

"Notes that social care services are also operating in an under-funded and overstretched context, and these services also provide an important part of winter preparedness.

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

19

0

32

51

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

As amendment 1 was agreed, amendment 3 was de-selected.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM6195 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport’s statement in November 2016 on winter preparedness.

2. Further notes the Royal College of Physicians’ response to the inquiry into winter preparedness 2016/17, which stated that: “The challenges facing health boards as they prepare for winter are complex. They reflect wider pressures on the NHS and social care”,

3. Recognises that the Welsh Government is investing record levels in the NHS to meet growing demand, particularly during winter months.

4. Puts on record its support to the NHS and social care staff who have worked incredibly hard over the winter period to ensure the best treatment and care for patients.

5. Calls on the Welsh Government to provide a status report on how Local Health Boards' and the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust's 2016/17 planning is performing against the current situation across the Welsh NHS.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

36

11

4

51

The motion as amended was agreed.