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NDM7028 Welsh Conservatives debate - Community mental Health Teams
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Meeting: 03/04/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Welsh Conservatives debate - Community Mental Health Teams
NDM7028 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes the Health Inspectorate Wales and Care
Inspectorate Wales Joint Thematic Review of Community Mental Health Teams.
2. Further notes the increasing number of
referrals to community mental health teams across Wales.
3. Regrets the lack of parity between
physical health and mental health services.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to improve
the support provided by and access to community mental health teams, including:
a) increasing spending on mental health
services in real terms each and every year until the end of the Assembly term;
b) ensuring that crisis teams are available
24/7 in all major emergency departments;
c) urgently working with health boards to
improve community mental health facilities for service users and staff; and
d) raising awareness over access to
community mental health teams so service users can get the best advice
possible.
The following
amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete points 3 and 4 and replace with:
Recognises the need to ensure parity
between physical and mental health services;
Calls on the Welsh Government to improve
the support provided by and access to community mental health teams, including:
a) continuing to increase spending on
mental health services in real terms each and every year until the end of the
Assembly term, subject to the outcome of the 2019 spending review;
b) ensuring arrangements are in place to
respond to mental health crisis 24/7 in all major emergency departments;
c) urgently working with health boards to
improve community mental health facilities for service users and staff; and
d) raising awareness over access to
community mental health teams so service users can get the best advice
possible.
Amendment 2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
In point 4, add as new sub-point at end of
point 4:
publishing meaningful performance data on
waiting times, including by age groups and diagnosis, so that claims of
improvement can be independently verified.
Amendment 3 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
In point 4, add as new sub-point at end of
point 4:
ensuring that community mental health teams
liaise with welfare rights services to protect vulnerable people against DWP
assessments and decision making processes that can often exacerbate mental
health conditions.
Minutes:
The
item started at 17.17
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7028
Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the Health Inspectorate Wales and Care Inspectorate Wales Joint Thematic
Review of Community Mental Health Teams.
2.
Further notes the increasing number of referrals to community mental health
teams across Wales.
3.
Regrets the lack of parity between physical health and mental health services.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to improve the support provided by and access to
community mental health teams, including:
a)
increasing spending on mental health services in real terms each and every year
until the end of the Assembly term;
b)
ensuring that crisis teams are available 24/7 in all major emergency
departments;
c)
urgently working with health boards to improve community mental health
facilities for service users and staff;
d)
raising awareness over access to community mental health teams so service users
can get the best advice possible.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
15 |
0 |
35 |
50 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1
- Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete
points 3 and 4 and replace with:
Recognises
the need to ensure parity between physical and mental health services;
Calls
on the Welsh Government to improve the support provided by and access to
community mental health teams, including:
a)
continuing to increase spending on mental health services in real terms each
and every year until the end of the Assembly term, subject to the outcome of
the 2019 spending review;
b)
ensuring arrangements are in place to respond to mental health crisis 24/7 in
all major emergency departments;
c)
urgently working with health boards to improve community mental health
facilities for service users and staff; and
d)
raising awareness over access to community mental health teams so service users
can get the best advice possible.
A
vote was taken on amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
27 |
7 |
15 |
49 |
Amendment
1 was agreed.
Amendment 2
- Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
In
point 4, add as new sub-point at end of point 4:
publishing
meaningful performance data on waiting times, including by age groups and diagnosis,
so that claims of improvement can be independently verified.
A
vote was taken on amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
22 |
0 |
28 |
50 |
Amendment
2 was not agreed.
Amendment
3 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
In point 4, add as new sub-point at end of point 4:
ensuring that community mental health teams liaise
with welfare rights services to protect vulnerable people against DWP
assessments and decision making processes that can often exacerbate mental
health conditions.
A
vote was taken on amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
49 |
0 |
1 |
50 |
Amendment
3 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7028
Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the Health Inspectorate Wales and Care Inspectorate Wales Joint Thematic
Review of Community Mental Health Teams.
2.
Further notes the increasing number of referrals to community mental health
teams across Wales.
3.
Recognises the need to ensure parity between physical and mental health
services;
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to improve the support provided by and access to
community mental health teams, including:
a)
continuing to increase spending on mental health services in real terms each
and every year until the end of the Assembly term, subject to the outcome of
the 2019 spending review;
b)
ensuring arrangements are in place to respond to mental health crisis 24/7 in
all major emergency departments;
c)
urgently working with health boards to improve community mental health
facilities for service users and staff;
d)
raising awareness over access to community mental health teams so service users
can get the best advice possible; and
e)
ensuring that community mental health teams liaise with welfare rights services
to protect vulnerable people against DWP assessments and decision making
processes that can often exacerbate mental health conditions.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
46 |
0 |
4 |
50 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.