Agenda item

Notice of Motion given by Councillor George Lindars-Hammond

That this Council:-

 

(a)       believes that all health and social care staff should be thanked for their tremendous hard work and that their commitment and dedication should be acknowledged; it is not staff who are to blame for the continuing crisis at the NHS, but a government who consistently fail to fund this vital service;

 

(b)       recognises that staff at the Northern General Hospital have been under incredible pressure this Autumn and Winter, and in October 2016, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust missed their A&E target with only 85.6 per cent of patients being seen within the four hours, against a target of 95 per cent (meaning that 2,633 patients waited too long), and believes this pressure on health services is leading to greater pressure on social care;

 

(c)        supports NHS England’s four-hour standard, which sets out that a minimum of 95 per cent of all patients to A&E will be treated within four hours; notes the widespread public and medical professional support for this standard, and believes that it is most concerning that the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, recently suggested that the four-hour target may be downgraded and no longer apply to minor injuries, and further believes that abandoning the four hour waiting time would be, in the words of Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, “a total admission of failure by this government”;

 

(d)       notes that ambulance services are also increasingly under pressure and deep condolences are given to the friends and family of a gentleman, aged 79, who died in the city after waiting two hours and forty minutes for an ambulance; the call was initially assessed as code Yellow, meaning that the incident involved a “potentially serious condition” and, under guidelines, the ambulance should have arrived in 40 minutes;

 

(e)       wishes to further highlight that the NHS is coming under increasing pressures, in part due to the crisis in social care - £4.6 billion has been cut from the social care budget since 2010, and that NHS funding will fall per head of population in 2018-19 and 2019-20;

 

(f)        supports calls on the Government to bring forward extra funding now for social care to help hospitals cope this winter, and to pledge a new improved funding settlement for the NHS and social care in the March 2017 Budget;

 

(g)       welcomes the Labour Party’s call to the Government for an urgent £700 million for social care, and is deeply concerned that the Prime Minister Theresa May’s government rejected this proposal, implicitly failing to understand the impact social care has on the wider NHS;

 

(h)       believes that Sheffield’s Children’s Hospital should be commended for seeing 98 per cent of youngsters within four hours, but raises concerns that such achievements will become increasingly unlikely without appropriate funding; and

 

(i)         understands that the NHS is experiencing the largest financial squeeze in its history and that 2017 will be a make or break moment for adult social care for local services provided by local councils and the NHS.

 

Minutes:

 

Health and Social Care Funding

 

 

10.1

It was formally moved by Councillor George Lindars-Hammond, and formally seconded by Councillor Kieran Harpham, that this Council:-

 

 

 

(a)       believes that all health and social care staff should be thanked for their tremendous hard work and that their commitment and dedication should be acknowledged; it is not staff who are to blame for the continuing crisis at the NHS, but a government who consistently fail to fund this vital service;

 

 

 

(b)       recognises that staff at the Northern General Hospital have been under incredible pressure this Autumn and Winter, and in October 2016, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust missed their A&E target with only 85.6 per cent of patients being seen within the four hours, against a target of 95 per cent (meaning that 2,633 patients waited too long), and believes this pressure on health services is leading to greater pressure on social care;

 

 

 

(c)        supports NHS England’s four-hour standard, which sets out that a minimum of 95 per cent of all patients to A&E will be treated within four hours; notes the widespread public and medical professional support for this standard, and believes that it is most concerning that the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, recently suggested that the four-hour target may be downgraded and no longer apply to minor injuries, and further believes that abandoning the four hour waiting time would be, in the words of Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, “a total admission of failure by this government”;

 

 

 

(d)       notes that ambulance services are also increasingly under pressure and deep condolences are given to the friends and family of a gentleman, aged 79, who died in the city after waiting two hours and forty minutes for an ambulance; the call was initially assessed as code Yellow, meaning that the incident involved a “potentially serious condition” and, under guidelines, the ambulance should have arrived in 40 minutes;

 

 

 

(e)       wishes to further highlight that the NHS is coming under increasing pressures, in part due to the crisis in social care - £4.6 billion has been cut from the social care budget since 2010, and that NHS funding will fall per head of population in 2018-19 and 2019-20;

 

 

 

(f)        supports calls on the Government to bring forward extra funding now for social care to help hospitals cope this winter, and to pledge a new improved funding settlement for the NHS and social care in the March 2017 Budget;

 

 

 

(g)       welcomes the Labour Party’s call to the Government for an urgent £700 million for social care, and is deeply concerned that the Prime Minister Theresa May’s government rejected this proposal, implicitly failing to understand the impact social care has on the wider NHS;

 

 

 

(h)       believes that Sheffield’s Children’s Hospital should be commended for seeing 98 per cent of youngsters within four hours, but raises concerns that such achievements will become increasingly unlikely without appropriate funding; and

 

 

 

(i)         understands that the NHS is experiencing the largest financial squeeze in its history and that 2017 will be a make or break moment for adult social care for local services provided by local councils and the NHS.

 

 

10.2

Whereupon, it was formally moved by Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed, and formally seconded by Councillor Bob Pullin, as an amendment, that the Motion now submitted be amended by:-

 

 

 

1.         the deletion of paragraph (g) and the relettering of original paragraphs (h) and (i) as new paragraphs (g) and (h); and

 

 

 

2.         the addition of a new paragraph (i) as follows:-

 

 

 

(i)         backs the campaign, co-ordinated by former Health Minister, the Rt. Hon. Norman Lamb MP, supported by local MPs Nick Clegg and Clive Betts, calling on the Government to establish a cross-party NHS and Care Convention to examine the future funding requirements of these services and agree a new, long-term settlement to guarantee their sustainability for future generations.

 

 

10.3

On being put to the vote, the amendment was negatived.

 

 

10.3.1

(NOTE: Councillors Magid Magid, Douglas Johnson, Robert Murphy and Alison Teal voted for part 2 of the amendment, and abstained from voting on part 1 of the amendment, and asked for this to be recorded.)

 

 

10.4

The original Motion was then put to the vote and carried as follows:-

 

 

RESOLVED: That this Council:-

 

(a)       believes that all health and social care staff should be thanked for their tremendous hard work and that their commitment and dedication should be acknowledged; it is not staff who are to blame for the continuing crisis at the NHS, but a government who consistently fail to fund this vital service;

 

(b)       recognises that staff at the Northern General Hospital have been under incredible pressure this Autumn and Winter, and in October 2016, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust missed their A&E target with only 85.6 per cent of patients being seen within the four hours, against a target of 95 per cent (meaning that 2,633 patients waited too long), and believes this pressure on health services is leading to greater pressure on social care;

 

(c)        supports NHS England’s four-hour standard, which sets out that a minimum of 95 per cent of all patients to A&E will be treated within four hours; notes the widespread public and medical professional support for this standard, and believes that it is most concerning that the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, recently suggested that the four-hour target may be downgraded and no longer apply to minor injuries, and further believes that abandoning the four hour waiting time would be, in the words of Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, “a total admission of failure by this government”;

 

(d)       notes that ambulance services are also increasingly under pressure and deep condolences are given to the friends and family of a gentleman, aged 79, who died in the city after waiting two hours and forty minutes for an ambulance; the call was initially assessed as code Yellow, meaning that the incident involved a “potentially serious condition” and, under guidelines, the ambulance should have arrived in 40 minutes;

 

(e)       wishes to further highlight that the NHS is coming under increasing pressures, in part due to the crisis in social care - £4.6 billion has been cut from the social care budget since 2010, and that NHS funding will fall per head of population in 2018-19 and 2019-20;

 

(f)        supports calls on the Government to bring forward extra funding now for social care to help hospitals cope this winter, and to pledge a new improved funding settlement for the NHS and social care in the March 2017 Budget;

 

(g)       welcomes the Labour Party’s call to the Government for an urgent £700 million for social care, and is deeply concerned that the Prime Minister Theresa May’s government rejected this proposal, implicitly failing to understand the impact social care has on the wider NHS;

 

(h)       believes that Sheffield’s Children’s Hospital should be commended for seeing 98 per cent of youngsters within four hours, but raises concerns that such achievements will become increasingly unlikely without appropriate funding; and

 

(i)         understands that the NHS is experiencing the largest financial squeeze in its history and that 2017 will be a make or break moment for adult social care for local services provided by local councils and the NHS.

 

 

 

10.4.1

The votes on the Motion were ordered to be recorded and were as follows:-

 

 

 

 

 

For paragraphs (a) to (f) and (h) and (i) of the Motion (73)

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Councillors Andy Nash, Bob Pullin, Richard Shaw, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Ian Saunders, Bryan Lodge, Karen McGowan, Michelle Cook, Kieran Harpham, Magid Magid, Jackie Drayton, Talib Hussain, Mark Jones, Douglas Johnson, Robert Murphy, Moya O’Rourke, Craig Gamble Pugh, Adam Hanrahan, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea, Zahira Naz, Joe Otten, Martin Smith, Pauline Andrews, Andy Bainbridge, Shaffaq Mohammed, Paul Scriven, Abdul Khayum, Abtisam Mohamed, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Cliff Woodcraft, Lewis Dagnall, Cate McDonald, Chris Peace, Ian Auckland, Steve Ayris, George Lindars-Hammond, Josie Paszek, Lisa Banes, Terry Fox, Pat Midgley, David Barker, Gail Smith, Tony Downing, Mohammad Maroof, Alison Teal, Julie Dore, Ben Miskell, Jack Scott, Mike Drabble, Dianne Hurst, Peter Rippon, Dawn Dale, Peter Price, Garry Weatherall, Leigh Bramall, Tony Damms, Jayne Dunn, David Baker, Penny Baker, Vickie Priestley, Jack Clarkson, Richard Crowther, Keith Davis, Olivia Blake, Ben Curran, Neale Gibson, John Booker, Adam Hurst, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur and Paul Wood.

 

 

 

 

 

Against paragraphs (a) to (f) and (h) and (i) of the Motion (0)

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Nil.

 

 

 

 

 

Abstained on paragraphs (a) to (f) and (h) and (i) of the Motion (1)

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The Lord Mayor (Councillor Denise Fox).

 

 

 

 

 

For paragraph (g) of the Motion (56)

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Councillors Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Ian Saunders, Bryan Lodge, Karen McGowan, Michelle Cook, Kieran Harpham, Magid Magid, Jackie Drayton, Talib Hussain, Mark Jones, Douglas Johnson, Robert Murphy, Moya O’Rourke, Craig Gamble Pugh, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea, Zahira Naz, Pauline Andrews, Andy Bainbridge, Abdul Khayum, Abtisam Mohamed, Lewis Dagnall, Cate McDonald, Chris Peace, George Lindars-Hammond, Josie Paszek, Lisa Banes, Terry Fox, Pat Midgley, David Barker, Tony Downing, Mohammad Maroof, Alison Teal, Julie Dore, Ben Miskell, Jack Scott, Mike Drabble, Dianne Hurst, Peter Rippon, Dawn Dale, Peter Price, Garry Weatherall, Leigh Bramall, Tony Damms, Jayne Dunn, Jack Clarkson, Richard Crowther, Keith Davis, Olivia Blake, Ben Curran, Neale Gibson, John Booker, Adam Hurst, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur and Paul Wood.

 

 

 

 

 

Against paragraph (g) of the Motion (17)

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Councillors Andy Nash, Bob Pullin, Richard Shaw, Adam Hanrahan, Joe Otten, Martin Smith, Shaffaq Mohammed, Paul Scriven, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Cliff Woodcraft, Ian Auckland, Steve Ayris, Gail Smith, David Baker, Penny Baker and Vickie Priestley.

 

 

 

 

 

Abstained on paragraph (g) of the Motion (1)

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The Lord Mayor (Councillor Denise Fox).