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Items which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered at the meeting as matters of urgency.

 

Minutes:

(An item taken under Section 100B(4) of the Local Government Act 1972).

 

(Councillors Greenslade and Westlake attended in accordance with Standing Orders 8 and 25(2) respectively and spoke to this item).

The Chairman had decided that the Cabinet should consider this item as a matter of urgency, in order that - and as he undertook so to do at the County Council on 6 October 2016 (Minutes 55 and 56 thereof refer) - the Notices of Motion set out hereunder in the names of Councillors Biederman and Connett may be formally received and referred to the Health & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee for consideration at it’s meeting on 8 November 2016  (together, in the case of the former, with the further written representations now received from the Mover of the Notice of Motion) alongside previously planned consideration of this matter, thereby avoiding any undue delay as the meeting of the Scrutiny Committee would take place prior to the next meeting of the Cabinet when the Notices of Motion would normally have been expected to have been considered.

 

The Chairman of the Health & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee advised that a Task Group had been established by that Committee to look at the current NHS funding formula for Devon; to include representation from the Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee, in the person of Councillor Greenslade.

 

Proposed Cuts to Devon Health Services and Impacts on Patients (Councillor Biederman)  

 

‘This Council is deeply concerned about the impact the proposed cuts to Devon health services will have on patients – especially the loss of whole departments including maternity services at North Devon District Hospital - and massive reduction in acute and community hospital beds across Devon, as set out in the sustainable transformation plan.

 

This Council also recognises that Governments have deliberately not provided the NHS with the adequate level of funding and now calls on local MPs to lobby government ministers to urgently and significantly increase the level of funding to the NHS, in order to protect our precious health services for current and future generations’.

 

NHS Success Regime  (Councillor Greenslade)  

 

County Council believes that the NHS Success Regime project for Devon is now seriously flawed and accordingly calls on the Secretary of State for Health and NHS England to cancel it forthwith. County Council further calls on Government and NHS England to firstly address the issue of fair funding for our area and to ensure the general election promise of an extra £8 billion of funding for the NHS is taken into account when assessing the claimed deficit for Devon NHS services.

 

Until funding issues are addressed it is not possible to decide whether or not there is a local NHS budget deficit to be addressed. Unnecessary cuts to local NHS budgets must be avoided!

 

Devon MP’s be asked to support this approach to protecting Devon NHS services”

 

It was MOVED by Councillor Hart, SECONDED by Councillor Clatworthy, and

 

RESOLVED that the aforementioned Notices of Motion be referred to the Heath & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee for consideration and report back.


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