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Clare Mosdell

Clare Mosdell was elected as councillor for Arreton and Newchurch.

She is also Cabinet member for Adult Social Care and Public Health.

Below are some of the articles relating to Clare.

14, January 2019·1 min read

Canvas your councillor to save Cross Solent Travel Scheme, say campaigners

Plans to scrap the Cross Solent Travel Scheme will "put people’s lives at risk and strike fear in the hearts of many, who are already physically and emotionally compromised by their diagnosis of Cancer or kidney disease", say health campaigners.

2, January 2019·2 min read

Bus shelter may have to be scrapped or move off the Isle of Wight, says manager

The manager of the Isle of Wight Bus Shelter says that if the problem of finding a permanent location is not resolved soon, the bus would have to be sold for scrap or moved to the mainland.

19, December 2018·1 min read

Promised action, failed to deliver: Ignored by Isle of Wight MP and Cabinet member claims mental health film-maker

Four months after action plan drawn up, Sam says he's had no response from the MP and only a one-liner from Cllr Mosdell. His previous "healthy dose of scepticism" appears accurate.

11, December 2018·3 min read

Isle of Wight council’s cross-Solent travel consultation slammed by campaign group

IOW Save Our NHS Group believe the consultation survey on scrapping cross-Solent travel for the most vulnerable is "flawed and that it is limited, leading and misleading" and say it has not been publicised widely enough by IWC.

26, November 2018·1 min read

Isle of Wight council care homes maintain ‘Good’ rating

The new ratings follow last year’s overhaul by the care watchdog to make its inspection regime more rigorous.

23, November 2018·6 min read

Councillors attempt to call-in the decision to scrap Local Area Co-ordinators : The detail

Cllr Michael Lilley sets out the detail and shares documents to back up the call-in of the decision to scrap Local Area Co-ordinators, and explains how, in his view, the use of the words “clinically unsafe” prevented an objective decision being made.

23, November 2018·1 min read

‘When I walk down the street I am still looking for snipers’ says Cllr

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.

16, November 2018·1 min read

Council will only save £60k halting x-Solent travel support for IW Cancer patients: Petition says ‘No’

Isle of Wight council are considering scrapping a scheme that helps fund cross-Solent travel for the most vulnerable Islanders receiving chemotherapy, radiotherapy or renal dialysis on the mainland . It will be a budget saving of £60,000 per annum.

14, November 2018·3 min read

Tories should ‘hang their heads in shame’ over cross-Solent travel scheme plans says cllr

Cllr Love, who has survived cancer and understands first hand the financial struggle of receiving health care on the mainland believes the Conservative administration should "hang their heads in shame" over the Cross Solent Travel Scheme consultation.

12, November 2018·2 min read

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