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Public Forum

Meeting of Overview and Scrutiny Management Board, Wednesday, 1st November, 2017 6.00 pm (Item 6.)

Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item

Any member of the public or Councillor may participate in Public Forum. The detailed arrangements for so doing are set out in the Public Information Sheet at the back of this agenda. Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk and please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-

Questions - Written questions must be received 3 clear working days prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office at the latest by 5 pm on *name deadline date*

Petitions and Statements - Petitions and statements must be received on the working day prior to the meeting. For this meeting this means that your submission must be received in this office at the latest by 12.00 noon on *name deadline date*.

Minutes:

Members received the following public forum statements, a copy of which can be found in the minute book;

Name	Subject
1. Allyn Condon	Justice for Benjamin Condon
2. Ann Doran (Mrs)	Justice for Benjamin Condon
3. Marian Minnis	Justice for Benjamin Condon
4. Varinderjit (Vic) Singh	Justice for Benjamin Condon
5. Allyn Condon	Justice for Benjamin Condon
6. Ron Odunaiya	Justice for Benjamin Condon
7. Yolanda and Steve Turner	Justice for Benjamin Condon
8. Jane Dickinson	Justice for Benjamin Condon
9. Carolynn Boyce	Justice for Benjamin Condon
10. Sarah Smerdon	Justice for Benjamin Condon
11. Victoria Willis	Justice for Benjamin Condon
12. Justine Condon-Hickey	Justice for Benjamin Condon
13. Carl Dickinson	Justice for Benjamin Condon
14. Simon Creese	Justice for Benjamin Condon
15. Anna Taylor (Mrs)	Justice for Benjamin Condon
16. Carolyn Smith	Justice for Benjamin Condon
17. David McKeown	Justice for Benjamin Condon
18. Jackie Costello	Justice for Benjamin Condon
19. Geraldine Mcleod-Pratt	Justice for Benjamin Condon
20. Alan Mccarthy	Justice for Benjamin Condon
21. Saskia Blackwell	Justice for Benjamin Condon
22. Steven Mottram	Justice for Benjamin Condon
23. Bobby Lockwood	Justice for Benjamin Condon
24. Kieran McCullough	Justice for Benjamin Condon
25. Patrick O'Hare (Prof)	Justice for Benjamin Condon
26. Sandi Owen	Justice for Benjamin Condon
27. Jonathan Wooldridge	Justice for Benjamin Condon
28. Beverly Houghton (Mrs)	Justice for Benjamin Condon
29. Gillian	Justice for Benjamin Condon
30. Danielle Hardaway	Justice for Benjamin Condon
31. Richard Whitmarsh	Justice for Benjamin Condon
32. Alistair Morgan	Justice for Benjamin Condon
33. Will Morgan	Justice for Benjamin Condon
34. Marc Steele	Justice for Benjamin Condon
35. Victoria Willis	Justice for Benjamin Condon
36. Jenny Mccarthy	Justice for Benjamin Condon
37. Erik Molnar	Justice for Benjamin Condon
38. KevanFurber	Justice for Benjamin Condon
39. Sue Furber	Justice for Benjamin Condon
40. Jo McCullough	Justice for Benjamin Condon
41. Deborah Nicholas	Justice for Benjamin Condon
42. Morris Condon	Justice for Benjamin Condon
43. Margret Condon	Justice for Benjamin Condon
44. Martin Cooper	Justice for Benjamin Condon
45. Louis Evison	Justice for Benjamin Condon
46. Jennifer Devlin	Justice for Benjamin Condon
47. Laura Hartnell	Justice for Benjamin Condon
48. Kathryn Binks	Justice for Benjamin Condon
49. Toby Box	Justice for Benjamin Condon
50. Danny Clowes	Justice for Benjamin Condon
51. Franny Curlett	Justice for Benjamin Condon
52. Jo McCullough	Justice for Benjamin Condon
53. Jamie Coe	Justice for Benjamin Condon
54. Carl Disckinson	Justice for Benjamin Condon
55. Zoe Sloman	Justice for Benjamin Condon
56. Ryan Edwards	Justice for Benjamin Condon
57. Simon Creese	Justice for Benjamin Condon
58. Peter Annesley	Justice for Benjamin Condon
59. Tess Murphy	Justice for Benjamin Condon
60. Pat Hargreaves	Justice for Benjamin Condon
61. Kevin Hargreaves	Justice for Benjamin Condon
62. Dave Archer	Justice for Benjamin Condon
63. Matt Fearon	Justice for Benjamin Condon
64. John Foy	Justice for Benjamin Condon
65. Lloyd Rice	Justice for Benjamin Condon
66. John Scotland	Justice for Benjamin Condon
67. Paul Spearritt	Justice for Benjamin Condon
68. Leon Edwards	Justice for Benjamin Condon
69. Adele Edwards	Justice for Benjamin Condon
70. Stephen Cheetman	Justice for Benjamin Condon
71. Bekah Murphy	Justice for Benjamin Condon
72. Leah Hatfield	Justice for Benjamin Condon
73. Lisa Ahearne-Griffith	Justice for Benjamin Condon
74. Sharon Cosgrove	Justice for Benjamin Condon
75. Martin Cooper	Justice for Benjamin Condon
76. Chris Hulme	Justice for Benjamin Condon
77. Gillian Lynch	Justice for Benjamin Condon
78. Jodie Bennett	Justice for Benjamin Condon
79. John Longstaff	Justice for Benjamin Condon
80. Brendan Reilly	Justice for Benjamin Condon
81. Graham Richardson	Justice for Benjamin Condon
82. Adam Kemp	Justice for Benjamin Condon
83. Jonathan Hartnell	Justice for Benjamin Condon
84. Ben Edwards-Inatimi	Justice for Benjamin Condon
85. Michelle Thomas	Justice for Benjamin Condon
86. Iain Mac	Justice for Benjamin Condon
87. Suzann Sergeant	Justice for Benjamin Condon
88. Lisa Ramsey	Justice for Benjamin Condon
89. Sherroll Martin	Justice for Benjamin Condon
90. G Rutherford-Spence	Justice for Benjamin Condon
91. Derek Robinson	Justice for Benjamin Condon
92. Phil Rotheram	Justice for Benjamin Condon
93. Paula Jackson	Justice for Benjamin Condon
94. Kathryn Unsworth	Justice for Benjamin Condon
95. Joan Mccarthy	Justice for Benjamin Condon
96. Abbey Lyons	Justice for Benjamin Condon
97. Nicola Rotheram	Justice for Benjamin Condon
98. Ben James	Justice for Benjamin Condon
99. Neil Gregory	Justice for Benjamin Condon
100. Carley Wilson	Justice for Benjamin Condon
101. Kie Norton	Justice for Benjamin Condon
102. David Forrest	Justice for Benjamin Condon
103. Luke Hargreaves	Justice for Benjamin Condon
104. Susan Moncrieff	Justice for Benjamin Condon
105. Lisa Davies	Justice for Benjamin Condon
106. Denni Fisher	Justice for Benjamin Condon
107. Danielle Sylva	Justice for Benjamin Condon
108. Catherine Guttridge	Justice for Benjamin Condon
109. Mr S Brew	Justice for Benjamin Condon
110. Fiona Atherton	Justice for Benjamin Condon
111. Margaret O’Connor	Justice for Benjamin Condon
112. Ian Rathbone	Justice for Benjamin Condon
113. Geoff Dearman	Justice for Benjamin Condon
114. Rob Alderman	Justice for Benjamin Condon
115. Mel Harris	Justice for Benjamin Condon
116. David Redgewell	Travel
117. David Redgewell	WECA
118. Daphne Havercroft	Health Scrutiny
119. Jane Carter	Libraries Task and Finish
120. Julie Boston	Young People
121. Members of JHOSC Health	Health Scrutiny

The following matters were discussed;

Justice for Benjamin Condon

Members noted the large number of statements relating to the Benjamin Condon case, which had last been considered by Bristol Scrutiny at a meeting in common with South Gloucestershire Council in February 2016. Papers can be found here; Meeting in Common

At the meeting in common Members agreed to hold a further session in around a year in order to review whether various improvements to procedures at the Bristol Hospital for Children had been made. Members noted that there had been significant new developments in this case since the Chief Executive of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust had recently publically apologised to the parents of Benjamin Condon stating, ‘we failed to take the opportunity to give Ben timely antibiotics and this contributed to his death.’ In view of this, Members agreed that it would be appropriate to bring forward the second meeting in common to a new date as soon as possible, with an update of the outcomes to be provided to OSM as soon as possible thereafter, and officers were asked to liaise with South Gloucestershire Council to see if they were in agreement. The Board requested that all of the public forum statements be carried over.

The Chair went on to make specific reference to the concerns raised in the statement from Mr Allyn Condon which suggested that Members serving on Bristol Scrutiny had potential conflicts of interest. Councillor Gollop advised that Members had a duty to declare any interests and therefore they would not have sat if they were unable to do so objectively. He requested that formal confirmation of this be sent to Mr Condon in advance of the second meeting in common.

Travel

Members noted the statement from Mr David Redgewell highlighting concerns about disabled access to the temporary bus stops in the vicinity of Temple Meads Station. The Board confirmed that they were familiar with the site so did not feel the need to arrange the site visit, as suggested, however it was agreed that the Director of Transport would be asked to respond.

Health Scrutiny

The Board noted the suggestion that the Bristol Members of the Joint Health and Overview Scrutiny Commission become a new standing Health Scrutiny Commission. It was agreed that the matter would be discussed further at a meeting of the party leads, who would report back in due course.

RESOLVED;

That South Gloucestershire Council be asked to bring forward the next ‘meeting in common’ to a date as soon as possible to review changes at Bristol Hospital for Children following the Benjamin Condon case, with an update on the outcomes to be provided to OSM thereafter; and

That all of the statements received in relation to Benjamin Condon be carried over to the additional meeting in common; and

That a formal reply be sent to Mr Condon confirming that Members had a duty to declare any interests and therefore would not have sat at the meeting in common if they were unable to do so objectively; and

That a written reply be provided to Mr David Redgewell following his concerns about disabled access at the temporary bus stops around Temple Meads Station; and

That the party leads be asked to consider the suggestion that a new standing Health Scrutiny Commission be established, formed of the Bristol Members who currently sat on the Joint Health and Overview Scrutiny Commission, and report back in due course.

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