Consultation News

More detail is needed on plans to close several day centres for adults with learning disabilities and relocate services elsewhere in West Sussex, according to campaigners.  West Sussex County Council is currently consulting on ‘Choices for the Future’ which sets out how it will run in-house adult social care services going forward. A total of

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority is pushing for a judicial review to challenge a Home Office decision to transfer governance of the fire service to the police and crime commissioner. On March 26, the (then) Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, approved the Police and Crime Commissioner’s proposal to take over responsibility for the governance of

A consultation document sent to 48,000 homes asking for feedback on plans to build 8,000 homes in Gravesham is “fundamentally flawed”, according to one campaign group. The eight-week consultation launched yesterday but includes a question asking residents if they want to see development on the Green Belt, a question which has caused a lot of

tCI Commentary: Consultation is making evermore frequent appearances at the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament. This week Theresa May mentioned consultation with the public in her answer to South Shields’ Labour MP Emma Lewell-Buck’s question about changes to health services in South Tyneside. This story by the local paper includes background and context for

Shropshire fire bosses are to mount a legal challenge against the decision to hand control of the service to the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion. Shropshire and Wrekin Fire & Rescue Authority has voted unanimously to seek leave for a judicial review of the decision taken in March by former Home Secretary

FOUR families, including the Hollow family from Farnham, have asked specialist lawyers at Irwin Mitchell to officially lodge a legal challenge against Surrey County Council’s (SCC) decision to slash more than £20 million from services for disabled children. The law firm’s public law and human rights team, which has successfully challenged other cuts to local

NHS trust bosses have apologised for the way they handled the shock closure of a clinic and have vowed to improve consultation in future. Patients were left stunned when Norton Clinic shut its doors in February, with services and staff being moved to other sites. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS Partnership Trust, which owns the clinic and

DISTRAUGHT parents of disabled youngsters who use a Kidderminster respite centre are demanding answers after figures showed the unit costs far less to run than originally thought. A letter from Worcestershire Health and Care Trust, which runs Ludlow Road Short Breaks Centre on behalf of Worcestershire County Council, to stakeholders revealed the cost of operating the