Issue - meetings

1.    PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR HILTON

“This council welcomes the gathering of £6 million of public funds to carry out major refurbishment of Gloucester Railway Station.

This council agrees that the proposed changes at the railway station will enhance the rail passenger experience and along with our new bus station give Gloucester a first class public transport hub fit for the 21^st Century.

This council agrees that Gloucester has waited a long time for the railway station upgrade with the proposals for the underpass upgrade being on the cards since the early noughties.

This council agrees that the long awaited upgrade of the underpass from Great Western Road to Bruton Way must be the first priority for construction and completion.

This council agrees that the project team should ensure that construction work is started in the first quarter on 2021.”

2.    PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR MELVIN

“In January 2018 Gloucester City Council adopted the MND Charter and in doing so agreed to help achieve better outcomes for those living with motor neurone disease.

The five points of that charter were

·       the right to an early diagnosis and information;

·       the right to access quality care and treatments;

·       the right to be treated as individuals and with dignity and respect;

·       the right to maximise their quality of life; and carers of people with MND have the right to be valued, respected, listened to and well-supported.

This disease is fatal, rapidly progressing and it has no cure. It affects around 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time and sadly, due to the speed it progresses, many of these adults die without the right care, a suitable wheelchair, or any support to communicate with their loved ones.

This Council recognises that we work with many individuals with a range of illnesses and disabilities and, although we don’t directly provide care or equipment, we do have a role to play to make sure our residents are supported in ways which best meet their needs. Whilst the Council cannot prioritise one disease or disability over another we do recognise the unique and personal ways people’s lives are affected by MND.

This motion is to reiterate our commitment to the Charter adopted in January 2018.

This Council commits to:

·       We commit to understanding the experiences of those living with MND and how our services can better respond to their progressive illness. 

·       We commit to monitoring and reviewing services being delivered to those with MND to ensure that everything that can be done will be done to make their lives as dignified as possible.

·       We commit to a communications campaign that would help to hear the voices of people with MND and their experiences of dealing with/ working with the Council & schedule in next year’s communications planning.”

3.    PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR HANSDOT

“Council notes:

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