Watch this spot!

The spot to watch is found by tapping "Early Day Motion" into Google (or similar search engine) and looking for Early Day Motion 128.
This EDM has been tabled by John McDonnel MP, as a result of our long-running fight to get foundation trusts to hold board meetings in public - as all other NHS hospitals, local councils and parliament itself are legally obliged to do. The wording is:

That this House notes with concern that NHS foundation trusts are not required in law to meet in public, with the result that decisions that have a significant and direct impact on the provision of health services to local communities can be made by a board of directors meeting in secret; considers that this practice flies in the face of the principles of openness and transparency in health policy making; and welcomes the campaign by The Community Voice to draw attention to this issue and to call for a change in the current legislation to require NHS foundation trusts to meet in public.

We are bursting with pride at this reference to ourselves in such an august setting and by logging onto the site there is all the excitement of watching the number of signatures grow - today this EDM has 16 supporting signatures. How many will it have tomorrow? Make sure your MP is amongst those listed! Of course EDMs do not directly change the law but they are a stepping stone in that direction, so we are very grateful to John McDonnel MP for giving our campaign such a wonderful boost!

Joan