Plans by the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to make £50m in savings by next April are provoking ongoing concerns from the Green Group of councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council, who say the programme of cuts will put local services at risk.
Greens call for action on GP shortages as Hove Park Villas Surgery faces closure as Practice struggles to replace outgoing GP. Green Councillors on Brighton and Hove City Council have repeated their call for action on GP shortages following news that another surgery in the city faces closure.
At a full meeting of Brighton & Hove City Council on Thursday, January 26, questions were raised by the Green Group as to why the Labour Council leadership were seeking to introduce Council tax rises they had previously opposed during the Green administration.
As Coperforma is stripped of its NHS patient transport contract, Greens councillors say this is a “warning shot” about NHS privatisation and demand “Lesson be learned”.
Green Councillors speak of fears for future of HIV prevention services in Brighton & Hove. This follows yesterdays (July 12) news that the city’s Health & Wellbeing board had approved a 20% cut in prevention and support services.
