The York Councils health scrutiny committee will meet on Tuesday. The Cabinet member with responsibility of Health is meeting to take decisions on Wednesday. Neither meeting will however consider the proposed cuts in NHS service standards in York and North Yorkshire. This seems extraordinary given the reports that are emerging.

The Yorkshire Post is reporting today that,

“Thousands of patients face being denied access to hospital care under tough new rules to ration treatment as NHS bosses step up desperate efforts to make millions of pounds in savings.

Under the regime in North Yorkshire, a series of thresholds restricting access to routine hospital care for new patients are being drawn up.

Numbers of patients returning to hospital for specialist check-ups will be cut by more than half, with follow-up consultations axed altogether in some fields”.

York Councillors seem to be content to be sidelined on this important issue

Meanwhile, the number of complaints about the counties ambulance service have reduced this year.

The main area of concern remains response times with 62 complaints recorded so far during the current year, compared to 147 in the whole of the preceding year.

Full details http://tinyurl.com/Ambulance-complaints