Motion NDM8188 Siân Gwenllian

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes the comments of the Welsh NHS Confederation that the Welsh NHS is facing pressures that ‘cannot be coped with’.

2. Supports the heroic efforts of health and care sector workers in Wales as they provide care in challenging circumstances.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward a strategy to reduce the pressures facing the NHS with measures including, but not limited to:

a) resolving current pay disputes by awarding NHS workers in Wales an improved, substantive pay offer;

b) a clear delivery strategy with targets and full costing, for a new workforce plan, including steps to remove profit from agency working;

c) placing preventative health measures at the forefront of all Welsh Government health-related policy and activity, involving all Government departments;

d) improving resilience at the point of interaction between health and care, taking the pressure off social care through greater NHS step-down capacity, in addition to expanding social care provision for the longer term; and

e) improving partnership working, co-production of solutions and delivery within the NHS, including by giving the new NHS executive the power to make real change.