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NDM8315 Welsh Conservatives Debate - The National Health Service

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Meeting: 05/07/2023 - Plenary (Item 8)

Welsh Conservatives Debate - National Health Service

NDM8315 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the creation of the National Health Service.

2. Notes the British Medical Association’s warning that GP services and the Welsh National Health Service is in crisis and at risk of collapse.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to secure the next 75 years of the National Health Service by meeting the needs of patients and staff and maintaining the core principle of being free at the point of need.

Save our Surgeries, GPC Wales - British Medical Association

Letter from the BMA to the Minister for Health and Social Services

The following amendment was tabled:

Amendment 1 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

Add new point at the end of motion:

Believes that National Health Service privatisation is a fundamental threat to our health service and that providing healthcare free at the point of need should remain the principle at the heart of health care provision in Wales.

Minutes:

The item started at 16.45

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM8315 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the creation of the National Health Service.

2. Notes the British Medical Association’s warning that GP services and the Welsh National Health Service is in crisis and at risk of collapse.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to secure the next 75 years of the National Health Service by meeting the needs of patients and staff and maintaining the core principle of being free at the point of need.

Save our Surgeries, GPC Wales - British Medical Association

Letter from the BMA to the Minister for Health and Social Services

For

Abstain

Against

Total

15

0

36

51

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

Add new point at the end of motion:

Believes that National Health Service privatisation is a fundamental threat to our health service and that providing healthcare free at the point of need should remain the principle at the heart of health care provision in Wales.

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

51

0

0

51

Amendment 1 was agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM8315 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the creation of the National Health Service.

2. Notes the British Medical Association’s warning that GP services and the Welsh National Health Service is in crisis and at risk of collapse.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to secure the next 75 years of the National Health Service by meeting the needs of patients and staff and maintaining the core principle of being free at the point of need.

4. Believes that National Health Service privatisation is a fundamental threat to our health service and that providing healthcare free at the point of need should remain the principle at the heart of health care provision in Wales.

Save our Surgeries, GPC Wales - British Medical Association

Letter from the BMA to the Minister for Health and Social Services

For

Abstain

Against

Total

51

0

0

51

The motion as amended was agreed.