Agenda and minutes

(A period not exceeding 20 minutes for questions and statements from

members of the public and Elected Members to the Mayor of Doncaster, Ros Jones. Questions/Statements should relate specifically to an item of business on the agenda and be limited to a maximum of 100 words. As stated within Executive Procedure Rule 3.3 each person will be allowed to submit one question/statement per meeting.A question may only be asked if notice has been given by delivering it in writing or by e-mail to the Governance Team no later than 5.00 p.m. of the third working day before the day of the meeting. Each question or statement must give the name and address of the person submitting it. Questions/Statements should be sent to the Governance Team, Floor 2, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU, or by email to Democratic.Services@doncaster.gov.uk)

Mr Doug Wright asked the Mayor the following question:-

‘The general public are not against joined up services that meet their need.

Are the public aware of the significance of all the fundamental and bureaucratic changes being done behind the scenes and if anything goes wrong and services don’t work, who does the public turn to?

It makes me wonder how confident in your actions, you really are in meeting the needs and acting in the best interests of the people of Doncaster’

The Mayor gave the following response:-

‘Thank you for your question Mr Wright, I agree that the public are not against joined up services which meet their need. In fact I would go further and say that most people want to see better joined up services, which improve their experience and are as efficient and effective as possible.

I think you make a valid point about public awareness of changes in the NHS through the development of initiatives like Sustainability and Transformation Plans. Ultimately, I believe people do know where responsibility lies in relation to services. Their recourse is through the organisations providing and commissioning those services, independent complaints bodies, and the Government that they choose to oversee an efficient and well-resourced NHS.

For our part, as you are aware, we have noted but not endorsed the local Sustainability and Transformation Plan. We aim to be as transparent as possible in terms of our own decision making, and we will continue to make decisions which we believe are in the best interests of Doncaster, within the national framework put in place by the Government’.

Mr Doug Wright asked the following supplementary question:-

‘To what extent do the Cabinet proposals within Item 5 Better Care Fund (BCF) and Item 6 Adults Health and Wellbeing Commissioning 2018/19 demonstrate the results of any consultation, including meaningful consultation with the public and any research undertaken?’

In response, the Mayor stated that these items were yet to be discussed on the agenda today and answers to the question would be given within that discussion following each agenda item.

Appendix 1 to the report is not for publication as it refers to information which

is exempt as defined within paragraph 3, (information relating to the financial

and business affairs or any particular person, including the authority

holding that information) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act,

1972, as amended. Contains sensitive contractual information in the form of

current contractor’s bid values.