Residents of the Saltash area, Torpoint and the Rame Peninsula can find out about plans to give local communities more say on local issues at a meeting next week.

The latest on proposals to transform health and care will also be on the agenda at the gathering of the Cornwall Gateway Community Network Panel.                    

The meeting takes place on Wednesday, December 6 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at Saltash Guildhall.

Cornwall Gateway Network Panel, run by Cornwall Council, meets quarterly. Some of the areas community networks focus on include anti-social behaviour, economic development, the environment, community planning, regeneration, conservation, community safety, transport and highway issues. 

Cornwall Gateway includes all eight Cornwall councillors and representatives of 11 parishes in Antony, Botus Fleming, Landrake with St Erney, Landulph, Maker-with-Rame, Millbrook, Saltash, Sheviock, St Germans, St John and Torpoint.

Edwina Hannaford, Cornwall Council’s portfolio holder for neighbourhoods, will brief the panel. 

There will also be an update on the controversial NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plan for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 

More information about the plan is available at www.cornwall.gov.uk/shapethefuture 

There will also be updates from parish, town and Cornwall councillors on local matters and an update on local policing from Devon and Cornwall Police.

Derek Holley, chair of the Cornwall Gateway panel said: ‘The future of health and care in Cornwall affects all of us, and I encourage everyone to come and find out more about this important topic. 

‘You’ll also have an opportunity to learn about plans to give local communities more say on the issues that affect them.’

The agenda and more information about the panel are available on www.cornwall.gov.uk/gatewaynetwork.

The meeting is open to the public and everyone is welcome.