16.1 In the name of Councillor Stewart:
“This Council recognises the distress and costs brought on to Enfield residents because of the Home Secretary’s crisis at the Passport Office. This Council calls on the Passport Office to refund all those residents who had to incur extra fees and costs because of the Home Secretary’s poor management of the agency. The Leader of the Council should write to the Home Secretary to pass on our view.”
16.2In the name of Councillor Hamilton:
“This Council is calling on the three Enfield MPs to support the private members bill by MP Clive Efford to repeal the competition provisions in the coalition’s Health and Social Care Act. The bill will tackle Section 75 rules which force CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups) to put services out to market even if they do not want to.
This Council is dismayed by the fact that private providers have won the majority of tenders for services since the Health and Social Care Act came into force in April 2013, this shows that the Tory pledge that the NHS is not being privatised is untrue.
Therefore, we call on the three Enfield MPs to demand that the Tory
led coalition government repeals the competitive tendering
legislation in the Health and Social Care Act so that:
· CCGs are free to commission in the best interest of patients, as was promised before the passing of the Act and
· Scant NHS resources are used for front line patient services.
It is therefore important that due to the NHS crisis caused by the Tory led coalitions shambolic Health and Social Care Act, that the residents of Enfield can be reassured that the takeover by the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust of Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust will be scrutinised to ensure that any additional funding will be used to improve and redevelop Chase Farm NHS Trust.
We also call upon the three Enfield MPs and the London MEPs to support the call for the NHS to be removed from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and for the Prime Minister to veto health from the TTIP agreement. TTIP is a proposed “free trade” deal between the European Union and USA, including the ability for companies to sue governments.
The NHS must be excluded from the trade deal. The Tory led government’s Health & Social Care Act 2012 accelerated the sell-off of the NHS to private health firms, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Patnership (TTIP) now threatens to make this sell off irreversible as it will undermine government freedom to change policy on private provision in the NHS.”
16.3 In the name of Councillor Oykener:
“The Council welcomes the establishment of a local authority company to develop own and manage a portfolio of properties to be made available for private rent.”
16.4 In the name of Councillor Neville:
“The Council welcomes the completion of the purchase of the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The Council notes that this is the first piece of potentially positive news in the chequered history of Chase Farm for a very long time!
The Council shares both, the Royal Free’s assessment that the site needs to be redeveloped and it’s acknowledgement that parts of the site are “no longer suitable for the delivery of modern health care”. The council is concerned however to see that the £100million of government investment in the site is actually delivered, and as quickly as possible. It looks forward to working with the Royal Free to secure this much needed and long overdue redevelopment, for the benefit of Enfield residents.”
16.5 In the name of Councillor Neville:
“The Council calls upon the Cabinet to implement Labour’s election pledge “to encourage residents to shop locally” by firstly implementing a 20 minute free parking at Pay and Display bays in town centres, and secondly ensuring that in designing the Cycle Enfield project existing on-street parking spaces are not reduced.”
16.6 In the name of Councillor Taylor:
“Enfield Council welcomes
· An increase in nurses
· Better access to housing
· Fairer taxation
· An increase in the minimum wage
· A freeze of gas and electricity bills until 2017
Enfield residents will benefit from changing the economic conditions currently creating a fall in incomes. Enfield residents will benefit from the safeguarding of the NHS promised by a change of Government.”
16.7 In the name of Councillor Stewart:
“Enfield Council is extremely concerned about the Government’s mismanagement of Employment and Support Allowance. Large backlogs, an increasing number of sanctions and poorly administered Work Capability Assessments are having a devastating effect on the most vulnerable in Enfield. The Leader of the Council is requested to write to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, to raise our concerns.”
Minutes:
1.1 Councillor Hamilton moved and Councillor Cazimoglu seconded the following motion:
“This Council is calling on the three Enfield MPs to support the private members bill by MP Clive Efford to repeal the competition provisions in the coalition’s Health and Social Care Act. The bill will tackle Section 75 rules which force CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups) to put services out to market even if they do not want to.
This Council is dismayed by the fact that private providers have won the majority of tenders for services since the Health and Social Care Act came into force in April 2013, this shows that the Tory pledge that the NHS is not being privatised is untrue.
Therefore, we call on the three Enfield MPs to demand that the Tory led coalition government repeals the competitive tendering legislation in the Health and Social Care Act so that:
· CCGs are free to commission in the best interest of patients, as was promised before the passing of the Act and
· Scant NHS resources are used for front line patient services.
It is therefore important that due to the NHS crisis caused by the Tory led coalitions shambolic Health and Social Care Act, that the residents of Enfield can be reassured that the takeover by the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust of Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust will be scrutinised to ensure that any additional funding will be used to improve and redevelop Chase Farm NHS Trust.
We also call upon the three Enfield MPs and the London MEPs to support the call for the NHS to be removed from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and for the Prime Minister to veto health from the TTIP agreement. TTIP is a proposed “free trade” deal between the European Union and USA, including the ability for companies to sue governments.
The NHS must be excluded from the trade deal. The Tory led government’s Health & Social Care Act 2012 accelerated the sell-off of the NHS to private health firms, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) now threatens to make this sell off irreversible as it will undermine government freedom to change policy on private provision in the NHS.”
Following a short debate, the motion was put to the vote and agreed, with the following result:
For: 33
Against: 19
Abstentions: 0