Firstly, can we the proposition thank for bringing up some valuable points and issues on the motion of our debate today,
Core principles and values that underpin the NHS in Wales and has guided the development of for over 60 years.
provide and deliver improvements in health and wellbeing in the interest of patients, their local communities and the wider population.
Whilst also highlighting the fact that the NHS is committed to providing the best value for taxpayers’ money and the most effective, fair and sustainable use of finite resources.
NHS is accountable, accountable to the public, to communities and the people that it serves.
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development, wellness and wellbeing for future generations of the people of Wales
our core values (NMC CODE?) conflict legal, ethical and moral issues that go beyond you or I.
Fair or unfair? How do we make such judgements that may not sit well with our moral intuition.
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT. ARTICLE 2
Support and manage their own health
There are just over three million people in Wales.
Our health system is buckling under the huge financial and operational pressures.
Evidence??
adopt a mindset that fails to acknowledge the serious state of the NHS not just talking about balancing the books Cuts in public spending and financial pressures pose risks to patient care
Proritise public health funding by working with the public to … healthier community targeted evidence based cost effective health promotion or disease prevention that reduce modifiable risk factors.
But also caring when need
Funding for the NHS comes from taxation, and National service contributions best vlue for money
Principle 6-
As expected the opposition views health promotion in a very dim light! Implying that somehow it is unrealistic and quite the impossible dream. And as I am sure you are all aware,
There have been many debates and discussions fuelled by the concept of health promotion, There are advocates and adversaries, believers and sceptics and yes, we can see why Health Promotion may be seen as idealistic, but I’m sure everybody here today would all agree that we all want to live long, healthy and happy lives
But forgive me for being naively optimistic but to deliver this point
and whether or not it is a good
investment.
everybody here today, about some of the more recent milestones in HP.
Promote welfare. allows us to sustain and transforming care.
RESOURCES should BE used for the benefit of communites, making communites healthier
and we all have a part to play.
Long term- in order to tackle this, we must develop strategies to deal with the underlying causes.
INTERVENTIONS/ PREVENTABLE ILLNESSES Promote welfare.
Health promotion is the provision of information that enables people to adopt healthier ideas and healthier behaviors to improve health. , and let me remind the opposition, and weigh and balance possible benefits against possible risks of an action.
Be realistic about what
WIDER SOCIETAL BENEFITS FULLFILL PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSIBILITIES
IS SPENDING MONEY ON ALL DRUGs, MONEY WELL SPENT??
FREE PRECRIPTIONS IN WALES
HEALTH SECRETARY BENIFICENCE
Autonomy responsibility
The National Institute for health and care excellence.
And finally in the words of Benjamin Franklin an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!