Thursday 11 May - The day of the JCPB Meeting
[Report of Meeting tomorrow]
Up extra early - and as wife is away put dog in the garden and hope he will last until I return. Set out to Hertford with the aim of getting a Breakfast in County Hall before the 9 am meeting. Rush hour traffic slow and when I arrive there is no time for breakfast. Premeeting discussed how topics would be taken at the maim meeting - and it was agreed that the meeting should take as long as necessary.
Main Joint Commissioning Partnership Board started at 10 am with a useful public presence which was allowed to raise issues freely apart form some justified reprimands from the chair,when questions or observations were made which were irrelevant to the matter currently being discussed.
Shortly before 2pm there was the call for a vote and several of the Board made it clear that they were unhappy with the situation but there appeared to be no alternative but to approved the cuts as described in the consultation report. [More details tomorrow]
Rush home expecting to find the dog crossing its legs - but no - all it wanted to do was play. So I bundled him into the van and up to Wendover Woods - where I had a baked potato for a very late lunch. A short walk, make up the dog's supper and sit down with a drink of fruit juice for half an hour. Then off again to a meeting of the Board of Mind in Dacorum to report the day's activities and to discuss the implications of what is going on for the voluntary sector in Hertfordshire.
Home, a light supper, write this blog and I will be makign for bed. The report of the meeting - and the plans for the Scrutiny Committee next Wednesday can wait until tomorrow.
Two news items about the morality of the NHS Cuts come to may attention. Archbishop Rowan Williams said the NHS must respect patients' individual needs. He warned "short-term economics" threatened to undermine that basic right, and could put vulnerable patients at particular risk. [BBC] There was also a lobby by NHS workers in which the former Health Secretary Frank Dobson said "In the interests of patients and staff, trusts do need more time to deal with their financial problems." [BBC]
Up extra early - and as wife is away put dog in the garden and hope he will last until I return. Set out to Hertford with the aim of getting a Breakfast in County Hall before the 9 am meeting. Rush hour traffic slow and when I arrive there is no time for breakfast. Premeeting discussed how topics would be taken at the maim meeting - and it was agreed that the meeting should take as long as necessary.
Main Joint Commissioning Partnership Board started at 10 am with a useful public presence which was allowed to raise issues freely apart form some justified reprimands from the chair,when questions or observations were made which were irrelevant to the matter currently being discussed.
Shortly before 2pm there was the call for a vote and several of the Board made it clear that they were unhappy with the situation but there appeared to be no alternative but to approved the cuts as described in the consultation report. [More details tomorrow]
Rush home expecting to find the dog crossing its legs - but no - all it wanted to do was play. So I bundled him into the van and up to Wendover Woods - where I had a baked potato for a very late lunch. A short walk, make up the dog's supper and sit down with a drink of fruit juice for half an hour. Then off again to a meeting of the Board of Mind in Dacorum to report the day's activities and to discuss the implications of what is going on for the voluntary sector in Hertfordshire.
Home, a light supper, write this blog and I will be makign for bed. The report of the meeting - and the plans for the Scrutiny Committee next Wednesday can wait until tomorrow.
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Two news items about the morality of the NHS Cuts come to may attention. Archbishop Rowan Williams said the NHS must respect patients' individual needs. He warned "short-term economics" threatened to undermine that basic right, and could put vulnerable patients at particular risk. [BBC] There was also a lobby by NHS workers in which the former Health Secretary Frank Dobson said "In the interests of patients and staff, trusts do need more time to deal with their financial problems." [BBC]
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