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  • Councillor Dave Shields

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    Title: Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities

    Party: Labour

    Ward: Freemantle

    Other councillors representing this Ward:

    • Councillor Steve Leggett
    • Councillor Vivienne Windle

    More information about this councillor

    • Attendance record
    • Register of interests PDF 194 KB
    • Voting record

    Contact information

    Correspondence address: 
    c/o Members' Services
    Southampton City Council
    Civic Centre
    Southampton
    SO14 7YL

    Phone:  07919 217407

    Email:  Councillor.D.Shields@southampton.gov.uk

    Phone:  023 8083 3340 (PA)

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    Responsibilities

    • Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities

    Committee appointments

    • CabinetCabinet Member for Stronger Communities
    • Chipperfield Trust
    • Council
    • Health and Wellbeing Board
    • Joint Commissioning Board
    • Local Outbreak Engagement Board

    Terms of Office

    • 03/05/2012 - 05/05/2016
    • 05/05/2016 - 06/05/2021

    Appointments to outside bodies

    • Hampshire Police and Crime Panel
    • Health and Wellbeing Board
    • Joint Commissioning Board
    • Safe City Partnership

    Additional Information

    Biography :

    Since May 2012 Dave has served Southampton City Council as the elected member for the Freemantle ward.  He was a member of the Council’s Planning & Rights of Way Panel and a member of the Leader’s portfolio team leading on the City’s cultural renaissance.

     

    Last year he joined the Council’s cabinet with portfolio responsibility for health and adult social care.  He now chairs the City’s Health & Wellbeing Board and represents the City Council on the board of the Southampton Clinical Commissioning Group and on Solent Healthcare NHS Trust Council of Governors.

     

    Current priorities are to:

     

    -  achieve fully integrated local health and social care systems

    -  reduce unacceptably high levels of health inequality in the city

    -  refocus limited public spending on health and social care on prevention, promoting independence and safeguarding

     

    Dave also plays an active part in regional and national networks to promote policies to improve people’s health and wellbeing and ensure greater public involvement in shaping publicly-funded care services.  He is currently a committee member with Healthwatch England.

     

    Elections

    • Southampton City Council, 03/05/2012