QUESTIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, STATEMENTS OF CASE
The Monitoring Officer to report on the
receipt of any questions, representations and statements of case
submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.
Minutes:
The Monitoring Officer reported that no
questions, representations and statements of case had been
submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.
Mr G Whittle, Campaign Against NHS Privatisation requested to submit
questions to the meeting. The Chair
exercised her discretion and agreed to accept the questions and
indicated that responses to them would be sent to Mr Whittle at a
later date.
Mr Whittle asked the following questions:-
- What approach is this committee
taking for scrutiny of the Better Care
Together (BCT) Plan for
reorganising Health Services in Leicester, Leicestershire and
Rutland? Specifically, what budget has
been allocated for this scrutiny. Will
independent expert witnesses be appointed and will members of the
public be invited to submit evidence to your investigation?
- The Trust Development Authority
(TDA) has rejected applications for
funding to backfill posts that are vacant due to secondments to the
BCT Programme, and TDA has refused funding for ‘double
running’ of existing and new services during periods of
transition; requiring the BCT project
to revisit its business model and financial plans and deliver
further financial savings. Has this
committee requested details of the revised BCT business case and financial plans? When will this committee examine the impact of
these new financial restrictions on the BCT Plan and report their findings?
- What
information has the H&WSC obtained
about numbers and timescales of hospital bed closures in Leicester,
Leicestershire and Rutland? (Note:
UHL have given undertakings to put this
information in the public domain).
- What is the H&WSC’s role in monitoring the management
of risk for the BCT
Programme? Has the H&WSC raised any concerns over workforce
problems, the lack of complete data on workforce skills and the
current absence of a workforce strategy and the risks they pose to
BCT and the high quality care of
patients?