Councillors and Decision Making

Agenda

Full Council

Date: Wednesday 07 December 2016

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: The Haybridge Restaurant, TCAT, Haybridge Road, Wellington, Telford, TF1 2NP Map

An Extraordinary Meeting of the Borough of Telford & Wrekin

1.0	Apologies for Absence

2.0	Declarations of Interest
	Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest and should leave the room prior to commencement of that item.
3.0	Reconfiguration of Hospital Services
	In accordance with the Constitution, five members of the Council submitted a request to the Speaker to arrange an urgent extraordinary public meeting of the Council with a single item of business. Councillor Shaun Davies will move the following Motion: “This Council deplores the decision made by the Future Fit Board and is appalled that their preferred option is to close A&E and the Women’s & Children’s Unit at Telford Princess Royal Hospital. This Council has no confidence in the decision-making process of the Future Fit Board and is astounded at their abject failure to satisfactorily address concerns that this Council has raised. This Council is bitterly disappointed that the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has failed to respond to any correspondence from this Council or intervene in this matter despite his 2014 pledge that both Shropshire A&Es would remain open. We now call on Telford & Wrekin MPs Mark Pritchard & Lucy Allan to seek an urgent meeting with the Health Secretary and demand that he intervenes and stops this fiasco immediately. This Council agrees that, subject to the decision of the Joint CCG Committee, the Cabinet now be authorised to pursue all necessary actions including a Judicial Review of the decision.” The Motion will be seconded by Councillor W L Tomlinson.