LAST HEALTH SCRUTINY MEETING

Last night was my last Policy Commission for Care, Health Scrutiny and Housing after 2 years. We had the IW NHS PCT Chief Exec along who used the word 'surplus' in his financial recovery update and talked about the extra £20m funding our Health Trust has for this year. All of this is very welcome news and rather took the wind out out of my sails. I wonder if all will be as rosy come the autumn.

So that is the end of Labour's involvement in the Policy Commissions for the next 2 years. Of course we were only ever along for the ride (and a bit of scrutiny/opposition), as unlike the LibDem group leader we don't help Tories deliver their manifesto. Instead we now have places on quasi-legal bodies like Planning and Licensing, which neither Deborah nor I are interested in at all. In fact you can hardly give them away to other councillors !

Of course we still have the Scrutiny Committee; don't we ?........................

Tory Group meeting this evening was probably fun, as reshuffle recriminations rear their heads. Wish I was a fly on the wall. Though I would probably drown from all the political blood flying around !