Yesterday Calderdale Adults Health and Social Care Scrutiny Panel members failed to use their power to decide whether the Calderdale NHS Commissioners need to consult the public about the new community health care system they are in the process of setting up.
Instead they have given the nod to the CCG to go ahead with their plans and report back to the Scrutiny Panel later.
Members of the public said they had now lost faith in the Scrutiny Panel’s ability or willingness to use its powers to protect the NHS in Calderdale.
One member of the public said,
“They might as well have been saying rhubarb rhubarb for two hours, for all the use that meeting was.”