Whitchurch South

Whitchurch South Division elects one Councillor.

Candidates:
Division Name Party Survey
Whitchurch South ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP  
Whitchurch South DAKIN, Gerald Lionel Con (Did not respond)
Whitchurch South HILTON, William Morris Ind  
Whitchurch South THORNHILL, Tom Grn (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
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP Unsure
HILTON, William Morris Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment1
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP While I support helping the NHS deliver optimum services, I feel that it would not be prudent or sensible to commit to any particular course of action until the implications for the NHS, Council finances and other Council services have been ascertained.
HILTON, William Morris Ind Support current programmes. New programmes will be reviewed on merit.
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
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP Unsure
HILTON, William Morris Ind Unsure
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment2
HILTON, William Morris Ind I would need to look at the reviews but support the ideas in principal
HOWELL, Helen Elizabeth LD Yes – on the whole.
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
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP Unsure
HILTON, William Morris Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:
Name Party Comment3
HILTON, William Morris Ind I live in a rural area and have first hand knowledge of how difficult it can be to get to hospital.
HOWELL, Helen Elizabeth LD That would be the ideal way but I realize the County are already looking to cut 75% from their transport budget!
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 Q3
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP Unsure
HILTON, William Morris Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment4
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP While I support helping the NHS deliver optimum services, I feel that it would not be prudent or sensible to commit to any particular course of action until the implications for the NHS, Council finances and other Council services have been ascertained.
HILTON, William Morris Ind If something is statutory then it should be funded?
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
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP Unsure
HILTON, William Morris Ind Unsure
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment6
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP While I support helping the NHS deliver optimum services, I feel that it would not be prudent or sensible to commit to any particular course of action until the implications for the NHS, Council finances and other Council services have been ascertained.
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
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP Unsure
HILTON, William Morris Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment5
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP While I support helping the NHS deliver optimum services, I feel that it would not be prudent or sensible to commit to any particular course of action until the implications for the NHS, Council finances and other Council services have been ascertained.
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
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP Unsure
HILTON, William Morris Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment7
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP While I support helping the NHS deliver optimum services, I feel that it would not be prudent or sensible to commit to any particular course of action until the implications for the NHS, Council finances and other Council services have been ascertained.
HILTON, William Morris Ind Isee what you want however I will not vote against (e) a real increase in community mental health provision. I would like to see an increase in spending in this area
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
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP Unsure
HILTON, William Morris Ind Yes
Comments and explanations:

Name Party Comment8
ALLEN, Andrea Christabel UKIP While I support helping the NHS deliver optimum services, I feel that it would not be prudent or sensible to commit to any particular course of action until the implications for the NHS, Council finances and other Council services have been ascertained.