TIMESCALE OF THE RACE TO THE CORNWALL ACS FROM TODAY.

WHAT NEXT – --Influence the Health and Adult social Care Oversight and Scrutiny Committee, who will make the final report to the Cabinet

1. Final Enquiry Panel committee will be on Jan 31st and SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS. (12noon on Wednesday 17 January).
2. The report from the Enquiry panel will be written up and submitted to the Council Health and Adult Social Care Oversight and Scrutiny committee who will meet on Feb 5th to review the report.

YOU CAN SUBMIT A QUESTION OR MAKE A STATEMENT TO THIS COMMITTEE.
Influence the OSC , who have in the past rejected these reports and
Require more time, more information, more money..
Who has the Duty of Care?
What is the Oversight?
What if it goes wrong or the care fails?
 
Questions must be submitted by Jan 31st at 12 midday. Here is the page with details of the contact for the committee.

• https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1153&MId=8223&Ver=4
• Details of submissions are here.
• Scrutiny Committees
• Members of the public may ask questions or make statements that relate to the business of the Committee.
• 1.  A total of 10 minutes is allocated at the start of each Scrutiny Committee meeting for questions/statements and supplementary questions/statements from members of the public.  A questioner will be allowed 3 minutes of speaking time at Committee meetings to put their question or statement. 
• 2.  Notice:  a written question must be received no later than midday 2 clear working days before the day of the meeting.
• 3.  Where more than 1 person wishes to raise the same issue or question they will be asked to agree a spokesman to speak on that issue.
• (for further information see the Constitution Protocol for Questions and Statements from Members of the Public at Scrutiny Meetings.)
• In order to submit a question electronically please use the email address listed below.
• scrutiny@cornwall.gov.uk

Protocol for Public Questions –Link http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/3625196/23ProtocolforQuestionsandStatementsfromMembersofthePublicatScrutinyMeetingspdf.pdf
 
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT…
If Scrutiny pass the Task force report and send it to Cabinet, Public can submit written questions, then a supplementary question and statements to Cabinet.
Agree questions to send and attend the meetings to ask them and make statements, asking key questions about legality, budget, standards, quality of care and isolation from National services.
The Shadow ACS will form in April and the next Council meeting in September will review its performance and vote to accept or reject it.
 
 
Council Constitution.
This ACS cannot go live unless the constitution of the Council is changed. This will also have to be agreed by full council and re-written.
If all this passes muster, the ACS will go live…we don’t know when though.
There is no;
1-Legislation to support this Nationally –
Conservatives are passing this in February and Shadow Health are pushing for a DEBATE in Parliament.
THIS IS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT. We cannot let the NHS be de-nationalised without a public fight.
Write to local newspapers with clear concerned letters asking for clear answers about our services use social media, write to the MP (!), phone into Laurence Reed, Publish in independent News outlets and keep this the public eye.
 
2-Feedback to the Shadow Health Team on what is happening in Cornwall. They want to know!
As the Shadow ACS forms and the Govt ask for feedback on it, to review if it will work..
Labour must have a National Policy on what we will do when we get into power.
The information we can feedback to Shad Health will support and shape our response to this.
We must have an answer to electors as we look to a General election.
So, when we go out canvassing, we must know what people think and have a picture we can give them for Labours NHS and Care System.
 
The NHS  is Ours, We Own It.
Deborah Hopkins