NHS Motion from Cllr Greenslade unanimously supported at DCC Council meeting today:

“‘County Council believes that the NHS Success Regime project for Devon is now flawed and accordingly [calls on] the Secretary of State for Health and NHS England to County Council [and] further calls on Government and NHS England to firstly address the issue of fair funding for our area and to ensure the general election promise of an extra £8 billion of funding for the NHS is taken into account when assessing the claimed deficit for Devon NHS services.

Until funding issues are addressed it is not possible to decide whether or not there is a local NHS budget deficit to be addressed. Unnecessary cuts to local NHS budgets must be avoided! Devon MP’s be asked to support this approach to protecting Devon NHS services.“