Members of the Planning & Development Committee agreed to set up a Working Party to look in detail at the proposals in the Draft NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plan and report back to Full Council with a response.

The Deputy Town Clerk was asked to write to all Ross Town Councillors to ask if they would like to join Councillor Chris Bartrum and Councillor Daniel Lister on the working party. Councillor Chris Bartrum was asked to contact the two doctors’ surgeries and Paul Deneen to find out their views on the plan.

Cllr Bartrum outlined his concerns regarding the way the draft plan had been put into the public domain without a specific opportunity for consultation. He also expressed concerns about the future of the Ross Community Hospital.