Agenda item

7.04pm – Councillor Rory Vaughan moved, seconded by Councillor Stephen Cowan, the special motion standing in their names:

 

“This Council deplores the fact that the Administration has negotiated a deal with Government Health chiefs that will see:

 

·        The A&E at Hammersmith Hospital close;

·        The closure of the A&E and most other acute health facilities at Charing Cross Hospital, which will be reduced to 13% of its current size; and

·        60% of the Charing Cross site turned over to property speculators.

 

It notes that, despite this, the Administration has spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money putting out leaflets and other PR telling people it has saved Charing Cross Hospital. This statement is strongly disputed by local residents, the campaign to Save Our Hospitals and the Opposition.

 

This Council therefore agrees to commission an independent assessment of these proposals.”

 

Speeches on the special motion were made by Councillors Rory Vaughan and Stephen Cowan (for the Opposition) and Councillor Nicholas Botterill (for the Administration).

 

Under Standing Order 15(e) (vi), Councillor Mark Loveday moved, seconded by Councillor Marcus Ginn, an amendment to the motion as follows:

 

“Delete all after ‘”This Council”’ and replace with:

 

1.      Recognises that H&F clinicians and the Council have succeeded in influencing the NHS to make radical enhancements to  its ‘Shaping a Healthier Future’ proposals for the borough, so that:

 

·        Charing Cross will be re-built at a cost of £90m and continue to treat 85% of current patients

·        Charing Cross will retain 70% of its A&E capacity and 24/7 admissions

·        Charing Cross will be a consultant led, specialist hospital with vital cancer and social care specialisms

·        Charing Cross will remain an important teaching hospital, with potentially a ‘leading role in Europe’ teaching integrated healthcare

·        Hammersmith Hospital will remain a Specialist Hospital serving 90% of current patients

 

2.      Notes that:

 

·        Clinicians support the concentration of acute services at fewer, better-resourced centres

·        Change was inevitable and the new model was the best achievable consultation outcome for Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals

·        The reorganisation is expected to save around 130 lives per year

 

3.   Resolves to lobby the NHS to achieve maximum benefits for borough residents from the new model, including:

 

·        The co-location of a range of health providers at Charing Cross Hospital

·        The 24/7 emergency department to be appropriately specified and staffed

·        Additional investment in the ambulance service to maintain current response times

·        The development of supported housing for elderly and disabled residents on the Charing Cross site.”

 

Speeches on the amendment were made by Councillors Marcus Ginn, Andrew Brown, Georgie Cooney, Harry Phibbs and Peter Graham (for the Administration) and Councillors Elaine Chumnery, Iain Coleman, Caroline Needham, Michael Cartwright, Lisa Homan and Stephen Cowan (for the Opposition) before it was put to the vote and a roll-call was requested:

 

FOR                                             AGAINST 

 

ALFORD		AHERNE
BINMORE		BROWN (D)
BOTTERILL		CARTWRIGHT
BROWN (A)		CHUMNERY
CHALK		COLEMAN
COONEY		COWAN
CRAIG		HARCOURT
CROFTS		HOMAN
DEWHIRST		JONES
DONOVAN (G)		MURPHY
FORD		NEEDHAM
GINN		POWELL
GRAHAM		UMEH
HAMILTON		VAUGHAN
IGGULDEN
JOHNSON (A)
JOHNSON (D)
KARMEL
LAW
LOVEDAY
PHIBBS
SMITH
STAINTON
THORLEY

 

 

 

FOR                            24

AGAINST                   14

NOT VOTING0

 

The amendment was declared CARRIED.

 

Under Standing Order 15(e) (vi), Councillor Michael Cartwright moved, seconded by Councillor PJ Murphy, a further amendment to the motion as follows:

 

“Delete all after ‘This Council’ and insert:

 

“calls on the Secretary of State for Health to hold a public inquiry into the deal proposed for the Borough’s hospitals by the Council’s Conservative Administration.””

 

Speeches on the amendment were made by Councillors Michael Cartwright, PJ Murphy and Stephen Cowan (for the Opposition) and Councillors Mark Loveday and Marcus Ginn (for the Administration), before it was put to the vote and a roll-call was requested:

 

FOR                                        AGAINST

AHERNE	ALFORD
BROWN (D)	BINMORE
CARTWRIGHT	BOTTERILL
CHUMNERY	BROWN (A)
COLEMAN	CHALK
COWAN	COONEY
HARCOURT	CRAIG
HOMAN	CROFTS
JONES	DEWHIRST
MURPHY	DONOVAN (G)
NEEDHAM	FORD
POWELL	GINN
UMEH	GRAHAM
VAUGHAN	HAMILTON
	IGGULDEN
	JOHNSON (A)
	JOHNSON (D)
	KARMEL
	LAW
	LOVEDAY
	PHIBBS
	SMITH
	STAINTON
	THORLEY

 

 

 

FOR                            14

AGAINST                   24

NOT VOTING0

 

The amendment was declared LOST.

 

Under Standing Order 15(e) (vi), Councillor Stephen Cowan moved, seconded by Councillor Rory Vaughan, a further amendment to the motion as follows:

 

“Delete all after ‘This Council’ and insert:

 

“recognises that there is little public support for the deal agreed by the Conservative Administration and agrees to re-open negotiations with Government health chiefs to get a better health deal for Hammersmith and Fulham residents.”

 

Speeches on the amendment were made by Councillors Stephen Cowan and Andrew Jones (for the Opposition) and Councillor Marcus Ginn (for the Administration), before it was put to the vote and a roll-call was requested:

 

FOR                                        AGAINST

AHERNE	ALFORD
BROWN (D)	BINMORE
CARTWRIGHT	BOTTERILL
CHUMNERY	BROWN (A)
COLEMAN	CHALK
COWAN	COONEY
HARCOURT	CRAIG
HOMAN	CROFTS
JONES	DEWHIRST
MURPHY	DONOVAN (G)
NEEDHAM	FORD
POWELL	GINN
UMEH	GRAHAM
VAUGHAN	HAMILTON
	IGGULDEN
	JOHNSON (A)
	JOHNSON (D)
	KARMEL
	LAW
	LOVEDAY
	PHIBBS
	SMITH
	STAINTON
	THORLEY

 

 

 

FOR                            14

AGAINST                   24

NOT VOTING0

 

The amendment was declared LOST.

 

Speeches on the substantive motion as amended were made by Councillor Peter Graham (for the Administration) and Councillor Rory Vaughan (for the Opposition) before it was put to the vote and a roll-call was requested:

 

FOR                                              AGAINST

 

ALFORD		AHERNE
BINMORE		BROWN (D)
BOTTERILL		CARTWRIGHT
BROWN (A)		CHUMNERY
CHALK		COLEMAN
COONEY		COWAN
CRAIG		HARCOURT
CROFTS		HOMAN
DEWHIRST		JONES
DONOVAN (G)		MURPHY
FORD		NEEDHAM
GINN		POWELL
GRAHAM		UMEH
HAMILTON		VAUGHAN
IGGULDEN
JOHNSON (A)
JOHNSON (D)
KARMEL
LAW
LOVEDAY
PHIBBS
SMITH
STAINTON
THORLEY

 

FOR                            24

AGAINST                   14

NOT VOTING0

 

The motion as amended was declared CARRIED.

 

9.25pm – RESOLVED:

 

This Council:

 

1.      Recognises that H&F clinicians and the Council have succeeded in influencing the NHS to make radical enhancements to  its ‘Shaping a Healthier Future’ proposals for the borough, so that:

 

·        Charing Cross will be re-built at a cost of £90m and continue to treat 85% of current patients

·        Charing Cross will retain 70% of its A&E capacity and 24/7 admissions

·        Charing Cross will be a consultant led, specialist hospital with vital cancer and social care specialisms

·        Charing Cross will remain an important teaching hospital, with potentially a ‘leading role in Europe’ teaching integrated healthcare

·        Hammersmith Hospital will remain a Specialist Hospital serving 90% of current patients

 

2.      Notes that:

 

·        Clinicians support the concentration of acute services at fewer, better-resourced centres

·        Change was inevitable and the new model was the best achievable consultation outcome for Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals

·        The reorganisation is expected to save around 130 lives per year

 

3.   Resolves to lobby the NHS to achieve maximum benefits for borough residents from the new model, including:

 

·        The co-location of a range of health providers at Charing Cross Hospital

·        The 24/7 emergency department to be appropriately specified and staffed

·        Additional investment in the ambulance service to maintain current response times

·        The development of supported housing for elderly and disabled residents on the Charing Cross site.

 

 

(Councillor Carlebach had declared a significant interest in respect of this item and left the room during discussion of the matter without speaking or voting thereon.)