nhs health and social care decision making: democratic
deficit
Proposed by: Cllr
Shanks
Seconded by Cllr Nield
Supporting
Information
At a meeting of Health
and Wellbeing Board (5.11.19) four representatives of the CCG were
able to outvote elected councillors who were seeking to ensure the
NHS Long Term Plan was paused pending further public consultation.
This, and the restricted power of the Health and Wellbeing Board to
monitor and allocate health and social care spend, represents a
democratic deficit in the area of NHS and public health spending.
Only elected councillors should be given the statutory
responsibility for spending public money.
Future
decisions that affect or pertain to local NHS and other health
services must be given full, democratic consideration by elected
representatives only.