Shifnal South and Cosford

Shifnal South and Cosford Division elects one Councillor.

Candidates:
Division Name Party Survey
Shifnal South and Cosford HARTIN, Jolyon Thomas LD (Did not respond)
Shifnal South and Cosford MITCHELL, Andy Ind  
Shifnal South and Cosford WEST, Stuart John Con (Did not respond)
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
MITCHELL, Andy Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment1
MITCHELL, Andy Ind I fully support the NHS programmes and development, I also support that the NHS Managers be accountable for their spending.
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
MITCHELL, Andy Ind Yes
Comments and explanations: None
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
MITCHELL, Andy Ind Yes
Comments and explanations: None
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
MITCHELL, Andy Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment4
MITCHELL, Andy Ind Yes I support the funding of healthwatch.
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
MITCHELL, Andy Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment5
MITCHELL, Andy Ind My understanding is that the HWB is collection of partners working to improve the health and wellbeing of people living and working in Shropshire and should continue to do so.
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
MITCHELL, Andy Ind No
Comments and explanations: None
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
MITCHELL, Andy Ind Unsure
Comments and explanations: None
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
MITCHELL, Andy Ind Yes
Comments and explanations: None