Highley

Highley Division elects one Councillor.

Candidates:
Division Name Party Survey
Highley BARKER, Nicki Lab (Did not respond)
Highley COURT, George Christopher Ind  
Highley GILLAMS, Edward Mark Con (Did not respond)
Highley TREMELLEN, Dave Ind
1. Will you support sufficient funding to enable all Shropshire’s Public Health programmes to continue, and to allow the development and implementation of new programmes to improve the health of Shropshire people?

Name Party Q1
COURT, George Christopher Ind Yes
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment1
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind A given. Does it really NEED an explanation?!
2. Will you support sufficient funding for health visiting in Shropshire to ensure the full implementation of NHS England’s recommended model: ‘The universal health visitor reviews’ – five mandated reviews?

Name Party Q2
COURT, George Christopher Ind Yes
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment2
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Again, a given. Does it really NEED an explanation?!
3. Will you support Shropshire Council commissioning and subsidising public transport sufficient to enable all patients without their own transport to access health services reliably?

Name Party Q3
COURT, George Christopher Ind Yes
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment3
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Again, a given. Does it really NEED an explanation?!
4. Will you support the funding of Healthwatch at a level sufficient to fully exercise its statutory role, and do you agree that it should be able to determine its own programmes of work independent of any Council veto?

Name Party Q4
COURT, George Christopher Ind Unsure
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment4
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Thought it already did!
5. Do you agree that the Health and Wellbeing Board should only apply the Better Care Fund on programmes that will improve health and wellbeing, rather than transferring the cost of provision from the NHS to the Council, voluntary organisations, and individual patients?

Name Party Q5
COURT, George Christopher Ind Yes
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment5
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Has always seriously pissed me off that this isn’t the case anyway.
6. Will you vote against endorsement of the current Shropshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) in which Shropshire Council is a partner?

Name Party Q6
COURT, George Christopher Ind Yes
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Unsure
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment6
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Depends on whether the current criticisms are taken on board before the hammer comes down, otherwise yes to the question.
7. Will you vote against endorsement of future versions of the STP if it does not meet the following red lines: (a) no reduction of provision or access to in-County secondary care, including emergency care; (b) no reduction of hospital beds in either RSH or PRH unless bed occupancy rates have been running at 85% consistently for 12 months; (c) no reduction in acute/secondary care services that are being transferred to the community without high quality evidence based community provision being in place, fully operational, and proven to be successful; (d) no reduction in beds and service provision at our community hospitals; (e) a real increase in community mental health provision; (f) the continued provision of accessible Midwife-Led Maternity Units, in line with national guidance and with no reduction in current services; (g) a real improvement in ambulance provision to ensure NHS England target response times can be met across the County; (h) no increase in the fragmentation or privatisation of services?

Name Party Q7
COURT, George Christopher Ind Yes
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment7
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind There you go!
8. If a member of the Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee, or the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, will you ensure that there is full public consultation on any proposed changes to NHS service that might negatively impact any patients, and if such proposals are subsequently agreed by the relevant NHS body, will you vote to refer the proposals to the Secretary of State for Health?

Name Party Q8
COURT, George Christopher Ind Yes
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment8
TREMELLEN, Dave Ind Depends on whether the current knee-jerk reaction against consolidating A&E provision on one/either site is moderated to take account of the reality of what we’ve got and the prospect for getting anything better.