Motions and Amendments for Debate on 7 May 2013
Motions tabled on 29 April 2013
NDM5229 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the Public Service Reform Agenda in Wales.
NDM5230 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the publication of Professor Siobhan McClelland’s Review of Welsh Ambulance Services;
2. Notes the 12 recommendations proposed by Professor McClelland;
3. Recognises the need to:
a) agree a clinical vision for Welsh Ambulance Services;
b) give time for any future model of ambulance service delivery to mature.
The Professor McClelland Review of Welsh Ambulance Services can be found on the following link:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/publications/health/reports/review/?lang=en
Amendments tabled on 1 May 2013
To propose that the Assembly resolves to adopt the following amendments to motions:
NDM5229
1. Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Expects the Welsh Government to be open and accountable for civil service reform and performance in the development and delivery of public services.
2. William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Recognises the importance of effective collaboration between the independent, public and third sector in designing and delivering public services in Wales.
3. William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes the significance of local knowledge and community involvement in developing efficient and appropriate public services.
4. William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure they effectively monitor public service delivery in Wales and provide the appropriate and timely guidance to public, private and third sectors.
5. Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at start of motion:
Believes that public engagement is an essential part of the reform of public services and calls on the Welsh Government to develop a set of national standards for best practice in engagement between communities and public bodies.
6. Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at start of motion:
Believes that any public service reform must make the transition between health care and social care easier and calls on the Welsh Government to look at how we can better integrate those services within a democratic and accountable delivery structure.
NDM5230
1. Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Recognises that the systematic failings in unscheduled care significantly impacts on the performance of the WAST and therefore adversely effects outcomes for patients.
2. William Graham (South Wales East)
Delete sub-point 3b) and replace with:
‘b) publish a clear timetable for the delivery of improvements to the Welsh Ambulance Service.’
3. William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes that in March 2013, only 53% of Category A calls received a response within 8 minutes, the lowest figure since December 2010 and that the Welsh Government’s 65% target for Category A calls has not been hit for ten successive months.
4. William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes that there have been at least 13 reviews or audits into the delivery of services by the Welsh Ambulance Service since 2006 and regrets that the outcome of these reviews have not been fully implemented.
5. William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to take swift action to address the issues raised in the review and ensure any future model of the ambulance service is structured in the best interests of patients and staff.
6. William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure the Welsh Ambulance Service receives appropriate funding to ensure an efficient and robust ambulance service.
7. Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point 1 and renumber accordingly:
Notes with concern that:
a) despite holding nine reviews in six years, Wales still has the lowest response times in the UK;
b) the all-Wales eight minute target has not been achieved for the past ten months;
c) latest statistics show Wales' ambulances have failed to meet national response time targets for life-threatening calls in every local authority area;
d) the 95% target for the admission, transfer or discharge of new patients in emergency care facilities within four hours of arrival has never been met;
e) ambulances have spent almost 55,000 hours waiting outside Welsh hospitals in the last six months;
f) the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust's latest performance report shows it only achieved 56.9% of patient handovers within 15 minutes, against the national target of 95%.
8. Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new sub-point 3b) and renumber accordingly:
establish a clear timetable for the agreement and implementation of a new model of ambulance service delivery;
9. Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to develop additional targets with a greater focus on patient experience and outcomes and to publish the Welsh Ambulance Trust performance report including the monthly executive key performance scorecard.