Consultation News

A KEY part of the process in deciding on a site for a proposed new hospital has been put off. The citizens’ jury that will take evidence about the best site for the £11 million replacement for Lydney and the Dilke hospitals was due to sit for three days later this month. But Gloucestershire health […]

Plans for public consultation on changes to hospital services, including accident and emergency care, in east Kent have been pushed back to an unspecified date due to the need for more detailed work to take place. The Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership Programme Board has been discussing two potential options for accident and emergency

A Ripley councillor has hinted that a judicial review could be sought if the county council decides to close the local primary school. Colin Cross, who is both a borough and parish councillor, said it was “no surprise” that Surrey County Council (SCC) officers had recommended closing Ripley Church of England Primary School, and described

That is the opinion of Yatton Parish Council which has joined its Congresbury counterparts in opposing proposals to build a larger health facility for the area. Mendip Vale Medical Practice is seeking planning permission to build a two-storey surgery off Smallway in Congresbury, opposite North Somerset Butterfly House. Its surgeries in Congresbury and Yatton are

tCI commentary: When is a service change substantial enough to trigger the NHS’s consultation process? The Corby question, shown below in the latest news story from the Northamptonshire Telegraph illustrates the point – on a question that will arise in many parts of the UK. In Corby, they have one of the highest urgent care

A NEW search to find a community willing to host an underground nuclear waste storage bunker is based on ‘fundamentally flawed’ government policy, council officials in Cumbria have said. The nationwide scheme to identify a location for a £12 billion geological disposal facility buried at least 200 metres below the surface was relaunched by the government in

The NHS will face calls from leading county councillors to publish a comprehensive plan for public consultation on its controversial proposals for a major shakeup of health services in Lincolnshire. Concerns have been raised by the county council over the lack of progress on the Lincolnshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan since an initial draft was first

tCI commentary: This does not refer directly to public consultations. But we know that such weaknesses in process feature in many legal challenges. What this excellent article illustrates is the range of situations that end up in Court, and how vulnerable public bodies can be if they make mistakes in arriving at decisions that cause