No information for the 'briefing'
Brent Green Party's campaign, supported by a petition signed by 570 residents, has succeeded in getting the reduction in hours at Central Middlesex Urgent Treatment Centre on the Agenda of Wednesday's Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee.
BUT, and it is a very big 'but', there are no accompanying papers, so committee members and the public have no evidence from the NHS on which to base any questions or comments. This repeats the pattern established when a similar 'briefing' was slipped into a Scrutiny meeting as an urgent item (not on the agenda on that occasion) just before the NHS consultation - absolutely nothing in writing then either.
Along with the failure to publish details of the results of the consultation (I had to submit an FoI to get them, see this LINK ) and the implementation of the reduction in hours without notice LINK, indicates an apparent contempt for the Committee and its role, as well as for concerned residents.
The Committee must show it will stand up for residents on Wednesday, despite (or because of?) of the fact that the reduction of 21 hours a week has already been implemented by London North West University NHS Healthcare Trust without the detailed scrutiny that was needed.
You would not get away with similar conduct and lack of accountability on a major issue at a primary school governing board!
FOI - is the right way to go. Has anyone FOI’d the flytipping numbers for Brent as it’s becoming hard to believe that flytipping has gone down as the streets are full of rubbish.
ReplyDeleteFly tipping reports will have gone down since they changed Brent Fix My Street so that you can't report anonymously anymore - this has put a lot of people off reporting.
ReplyDeleteIf you do now report and you have to give your email or phone number and you get a message to confirm your report, an update message on progress, possibly some interim updates and a message that its been fixed. Busy people don't want all this so give up reporting!
Not an NHS postcode lottery. Poor services where most needed is planned...
ReplyDeleteThe Bakerloo Line Line has the oldest operating (since 1972) fleet of trains anywhere in the UK, and that will be operating 400 metres from Old Oak Common to be the UK's biggest railway station/ state of the art. 'Worse the better Brent' is a deep culture.