Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
Oxfordshire County Council has criticised NHS proposals to save £200 million, claiming the plans are lacking information.
A consultation has been launched to tackle a predicted funding gap in the county's NHS of £200 million by 2020-21. However, councillors have raised concern that they were not satisfied with the proposed plan, which they claimed was ‘not coherent’.
The savings proposals, put forward by Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), could see services moved from the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Other options include closing beds, as well as moving stroke services and some critical care patients from the Horton General Hospital to the John Radcliffe in Oxford.
Hilary Hibbert-Biles, member in charge of public health, said: "I can't support the proposals because the proposals are not really there, there are no options.
"We cannot close beds without knowing where those patients are going to go.
"It is not coherent, it is not transparent, and it is not doing anything to pacify the public that their future heath services in Oxfordshire will be good services."
The news comes after Horton was re-designated as a midwife-led unit because of a shortage of doctors, a change due to last until March, however the consultation suggests making the change permanent.
In a statement the CCG said: "Our consultation will listen to feedback from everyone who gets involved, including cabinet members at Oxfordshire County Council."
The second phase of the consultation is expected to begin in May and will look at accident and emergency, children's services and community hospitals.
Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
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