Today at the Full Council meeting of Salford City Council, I challenged the Council leader Cllr John Merry to support Conservative proposals to democratise NHS decision-making, which would give us a real opportunity to save the maternity and neo-natal units at Salford Royal Hospital.
He changed the subject.
Conservatives would also introduce a “patient premium” which will improve funding for health services in Salford, and a new joined-up maternity network for Salford.
I also stood up for local residents across the area who are fighting to defend their local green spaces from Labour’s bulldozer, and formally welcomed the announcement by GMITA that they will be funding Sunday services through Walkden station. I believe that the Labour leadership of AGMA should stop their daft plans to waste money on the Leigh misguided busway and invest in local rail infrastructure instead.
Pamela Welsh from the Salford Advertiser was reporting on the meeting live online, and I added a few contributions myself via Twitter. Click here for Pamela’s record of the meeting as it progressed.
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