The following Notice of Motions have been received:-
1. NHS and Social Care Funding
"Given recent instances where Bury CCG has confirmed that it is underfunded by approximately £20m per annum and the recent front page article in the Bury Times (21 August 2014) that Adult Care in Bury is in crisis due to chronic underfunding from central Government, this Council calls on the Tory-led Government to:-
1. Immediately review and increase funding streams to the NHS and Social Care in Bury to meet demand pressures due to an ageing society.
2. Increase funding available for Public Health in a bid to focus on early intervention & prevention strategies that will prevent people needing help in the first instance and save money in the long term, which is both ethically and economically sound.
This Council also acknowledges
that attempts by the Government to plug funding gaps in social and
primary care via mechanisms such as the Better Care Fund are wholly
inadequate and are akin to replacing a bucket full of resource with
a thimble full."
In the names of Councillors P Adams, D Bailey, M Bailey, N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, P Bury, G Campbell, S Carter, D M Cassidy, M Connolly, A J Cummings, E FitzGerald L Fitzwalter, J Frith, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, P Heneghan, T Holt, A Isherwood, M A James, D Jones, S Kerrison, J S Lewis, A K Matthews, J Mallon, E O’Brien, N A Parnell, A Quinn, K Rothwell, R Shori, A Simpson, S Smith, J Smith, S Southworth, T Tariq, S Walmsley and M Whitby.
2. Service Delivery Options
“This Council recognises that in order to put our nation’s finances back on a stable footing, all Councils are looking at alternative service delivery options in order to make savings.
In relation to outsourcing or privatising services, this Council notes the recent documents in which this Labour Council is considering privatising Adult and Children’s care services.
Now that this Labour Council is looking at privatisation, this Council requests that Labour cabinet members and senior officers look at other opportunities to make savings and report back to the next Council meeting.
These opportunities (in or out of partnership) may include outsourcing and reviewing existing contracts in areas such as back office, legal, and security services.
This Council also resolves to continue to sell services such as payroll, that we can offer at the lowest cost base, in order to generate addition income to the revenue budget.”
In the names of Councillors I Bevan, R Caserta, J Daly, I Gartside, D Gunther, R Hodkinson, K Hussain, S Nuttall, R Walker, J Walton and Y Wright
Minutes:
Two Notices of Motion have been received and set out in the Summons.
1. NHS and Social Care Funding
A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:-
Councillors P Adams, D
Bailey, M Bailey, N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, P Bury, G Campbell,
S Carter, D M Cassidy, M Connolly, A J Cummings, E FitzGerald, L
Fitzwalter, J Frith, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, P Heneghan, T Holt, A Isherwood, M A James,
D Jones, S Kerrison, J S Lewis, A K Matthews,
J Mallon, E O’Brien, N A Parnell, A Quinn, K Rothwell, R
Shori, A Simpson, S Smith, J Smith, S Southworth, T Tariq, S
Walmsley and M Whitby
It was moved by Councillor Shori and seconded by Councillor Simpson:
"Given recent instances where Bury CCG has confirmed that it is underfunded by approximately £20m per annum and the recent front page article in the Bury Times (21 August 2014) that Adult Care in Bury is in crisis due to chronic underfunding from central Government, this Council calls on the Tory-led Government to:-
1. Immediately review and increase funding streams to the NHS and Social Care in Bury to meet demand pressures due to an ageing society.
2. Increase funding available for Public Health in a bid to focus on early intervention & prevention strategies that will prevent people needing help in the first instance and save money in the long term, which is both ethically and economically sound.
This Council also acknowledges that attempts by the Government to plug funding gaps in social and primary care via mechanisms such as the Better Care Fund are wholly inadequate and are akin to replacing a bucket full of resource with a thimble full."
It was moved by Councillor Walker and seconded by Councillor Gartside as an amendment:-
That the Motion be amended by the deletion of the final paragraph and the substitution of:
“This Council also acknowledges attempts by the Government to plug funding gaps in social and primary care via mechanisms such as the Better Care Fund and seeks to appoint a delegation of members and relevant officers (from the Council and CCG) to meet with the Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, the appropriate Minister of Health, to discuss Bury’s present health and social care finances and the possibility of a speedier improvement to our present position which NHS England acknowledge is currently funded”.
The amendment was put to the vote and with 10 voting for, 37 against and one abstention was declared lost.
The substantive motion was put to the vote and with 37 voting for, non against and 11 abstentions was declared carried.
2. Service Delivery Options
A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:-
Councillors I Bevan, R Casterta, J Daly, I Gartside, D Gunther, R Hodkinson, K Hussain, S Nuttall, R Walker, J Walton and Y Wright
It was moved by Councillor Gartside and seconded by Councillor Walker:
“This Council recognises that in order to put our nation’s finances back on a stable footing, all Councils are looking at alternative service delivery options in order to make savings.
In relation to outsourcing or privatising services, this Council notes the recent documents in which this Labour Council is considering privatising Adult and Children’s care services.
Now that this Labour Council is looking at privatisation, this Council requests that Labour cabinet members and senior officers look at other opportunities to make savings and report back to the next Council meeting.
These opportunities (in or out of partnership) may include outsourcing and reviewing existing contracts in areas such as back office, legal, and security services.
This Council also resolves to continue to sell services such as payroll, that we can offer at the lowest cost base, in order to generate addition income to the revenue budget.”
The motion was put to the vote and with 37 voting against, 9 voting for and one abstention was declared lost.