Vote on a proposed committee system is taken off the agenda as the report presented lacks impact assessments, proper consultations or budgetary cost implications
In a remarkable - and very welcome - u-turn on what OnTheWight had been told by the Isle of Wight council's Head of Legal, members will tonight consider granting Mary Ellis with Freedom of the Isle of Wight.
Isle of Wight Director of Public Health has introduced a strategy which aims to help the council keep residents healthy for the next five years. Details within
Cllr Ward pleaded with Isle of Wight council to support a motion that "recognises freedom that service men gave to us by fighting in the First World War" and tearfully explained his experience of PTSD.
Concern was raised by Cllr Mosdell that the scheme as currently penned, only covers patients needing chemotherapy, radiotherapy and renal dialysis, but not those, for example, with significant neurological issues.
Cllr Michael Lilley said the report did not provide due diligence, criticising the lack of a risk and value for money analysis or consideration of other options.
There's an increase in the severity of illnesses being presented and an increase of referrals from children and young people linked to returning to schools, says Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s director of mental health
We're told that austerity is over, but the group campaigning to save the Isle of Wight's mental health day centes believe "the books are balanced on the backs of our most vulnerable friends, family and neighbours" and they challenge the credibility of council's commitment to 'listen to service users'.