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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.