Public Questions Addendum

17a     Public Question Mr Ken Kirk

According to their rules, a public question to the Sussex Integrated Care Board is permitted only if the question’s subject is on the agenda of their next meeting. It means that a member of the public who has an issue which s/he wishes to raise has to wait for the publication of the agenda. One is always disappointed. This clearly is a device to deter public interest. Would the HOSC ask the ICB to attend the next HOSC meeting to respectfully ask how it justifies its disregard of the tax paying public?

17b     Public Question Mr Adrian Hill

I am an asthma sufferer and have been seen regularly by the GP asthma clinics the last fourteen years in Brighton; also by doctors and consultants.  At no point have I been given information about pollution and how it might affect my disease.  Studies show that around ⅓ of asthma is caused by air pollution in similar cities.  35,000 residents have been given an asthma diagnosis.  Could better guidance and tools be provided by medical professionals in order to better inform patients and help them reduce their levels of exposure to indoor and outdoor pollution.