Petitions and Public Address
Decision:
The Council received the following Petitions and Public address:
A Petition of some 20 signatures requesting that the Council make changes to the bus stops in the centre of Oxford so that the distance between them conforms to the recommendations of Inclusive Mobility 2005, i.e. a maximum of 400m but more hopefully 200m – 250m to ensure that the Council are not discriminating against people who cannot walk far.
The Chairman of the Council received the Petition and forwarded it to the Director for Environment & Economy to respond.
A Petition of some 130 signatures requesting that the County Council ensure close working between the County Council and TELL MAMA Thames Valley Advisory Board (a Muslim Anti Hate Crime organisation) working together with Thames Valley Police to reduce hate crimes to zero.
The Chairman of the Council received the Petition and forwarded it to the Director for Community Safety for response.
Mr Ken Williamson addressed the Council in relation to the NHS Consultation on the Oxfrodshire Transformation Programme in support of the County Council’s Leadership Team’s recommendations to not support the proposals based on the lack of information on the impact on council services and on the public.
Mr Kingsmill-Stoker addressed the Council in support of Agenda Item 13 (Motion from Councillor Liz Brighouse) to ask the Cabinet to bring Home Care Providers in-house.
Mr Larry Sanders addressed the Council in support of Agenda Item 13 (Motion from Councillor Liz Brighouse) to ask the Cabinet to bring Home Care Providers in-house.
Minutes:
The Council received the following Petitions and Public address:
A Petition of some 20 signatures requesting that the Council make changes to the bus stops in the centre of Oxford so that the distance between them conforms to the recommendations of Inclusive Mobility 2005, i.e. a maximum of 400m but more hopefully 200m – 250m to ensure that the Council are not discriminating against people who cannot walk far.
The Chairman of the Council received the Petition and forwarded it to the Director for Environment & Economy to respond.
A Petition of some 130 signatures requesting that the County Council ensure close working between the County Council and TELL MAMA Thames Valley Advisory Board (a Muslim Anti Hate Crime organisation) working together with Thames Valley Police to reduce hate crimes to zero.
The Chairman of the Council received the Petition and forwarded it to the Director for Community Safety for response.
Mr Ken Williamson referred to the Sustainability and Transformation Plan Footprints which he believed were designed to defund the NHS by a further £30 Billion (20% of revenue) and add de-staffing and a total lack of workforce planning. He expressed concern that Transformation plans would place an additional 30% reliance on GPs, Community services and Social care, all of which were in crisis. Unpaid care by family and friends now involved 1 in 8 of the population and in Oxfordshire there were 800 vacancies for paid carers.
He urged Council to adopt the Leadership Team report and reject the damaging OTP plans, demanding that the Government restore funding to Local Authorities and the NHS in order to fully integrate Health and Social Care. Without that there would be tragedies and rising death rates for the people of Oxfordshire.
Mr Kingsmill-Stoker referred to the Centre for Workforce Intelligence’s prediction that by 2055 Oxfordshire would need 2 million carers if demand continued as it was now. That coupled with the fact that Oxfordshire was one of the most expensive places to live in meant the possibility of a real shortage of carers. Private and voluntary sector people would work for maybe one or 2 years before burning out. He urged the Cabinet to bring Home Care Providers in-house in order to stop NVQ level 3 and 4 Carers leaving to work in supermarkets that paid a better hourly rate.
Mr Larry Sanders addressed the Council in support of Agenda Item 13 (Motion from Councillor Liz Brighouse) and the amendment by Councillor Williams set out in the schedule of Business. He expressed the need for County Council to ask the Cabinet to bring Home Care Providers in-house to create a directly paid workforce with a carer path which would be highly effective in an emergency, with a fair pay, encourage better turnover and create motivation in the workforce. He also encouraged the Council to consider an in-house care home.