Cheryl Nevin re-selected to contest Milton ward

Cheryl, with Julian

Cllr Cheryl Nevin has been re-selected to contest Milton ward for Labour in next year’s local

elections.

Cllr Nevin was first elected in 2014. She works as a human resource manager in the National Health Service.

Cheryl chairs People Scrutiny. She also serves on Children’s Services Improvement Scrutiny, Conservation Working Party, and the joint Health Overview Scrutiny Committee.

Cheryl said: “It’s an honour to have been selected to serve the residents of Milton, which is a great community.”

Fellow Milton ward councillor, Julian Ware-Lane, said: “Cheryl has been a great advocate for Milton since being elected to the council chamber. I am delighted that she has been selected to fight to retain her seat, and I know she will work tirelessly for Milton if successful next May.”

Press release on plans to remove to remove NHS funded IVF treatment for infertile couples

Southend Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are planning to remove NHS funded IVF treatment for infertile couples, except in exceptional circumstances, against NICE guidelines which state 3 rounds of treatment should be available and in contrast to other local Commissioning Groups.

Milton Ward Cllr Cheryl Nevin said “This restriction in NHS treatment is purely due to financial constraints, producing a postcode lottery for couples on low incomes and disproportionally affects women”.

Cheryl, who is also Chair of People Scrutiny committee said ”I am concerned that Southend CCG, who are currently in a period of consultation, weren’t mentioned in a recent Guardian article about the number of Trusts reviewing these services. We need to hear more about the impact this will have on patients who are accessing these services currently, or have had past experience”.

“This is just another example where cuts are being made, not based on clinical evidence but due to the Governments poor financial management”.

http://southendccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/consultations/ivf-engagement

https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-calls-for-an-end-to-postcode-lottery-of-ivf-treatment

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/06/ivf-cut-back-in-13-areas-of-england-in-bid-to-save-money-new-data-shows