NDM7793 - Opposition Debate
Tabled on 29/09/2021 | For debate on 06/10/2021To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Sunday 10 October is world mental health day.
2. Recognises the impact of COVID-19 on mental health support and mental health inequalities.
3. Regrets that the number of young people presenting at hospital with self-harming issues has risen by 39 per cent since 2007.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to include in its replacement 10-year mental health strategy next year:
a) actions to implement recommendations from the Fifth Senedd's Children, Young People and Education Committee’s reports, Mind over Matter and Mind over Matter: Two years on;
b) annual reports and the establishment of targets for waiting times for mental health treatment, including the reduction of backlogs;
c) a national rollout of 24-hour mental health crisis centres;
d) a clear mental health workforce plan.
5. Further calls on the Welsh Government to introduce a new mental health Act.
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Amendments
Add as new sub-point at end of point 4:
'the roll-out of a network of preventative youth mental health and wellbeing centres’.
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Delete all after point 2 and replace with:
Notes the commitment to review the evidence, data and current service provision around all age self-harm in Wales.
Welcomes the Welsh Government's continued commitment to:
a) implement recommendations from the Fifth Senedd's Children, Young People and Education Committee’s reports, Mind over Matter and Mind over Matter: Two years on;
b) strengthen and publish mental health waiting time data and improve performance across Wales;
c) a national roll-out of 24-hour mental health crisis support;
d) a clear mental health workforce plan.
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure the reform of the UK Mental Health Act is fit for Wales and aligns with current related legislation in Wales.
