Councillor Dave Shields
Title: Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities
Party: Labour
Ward: Freemantle
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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
Committee appointments
- CabinetCabinet Member for Stronger Communities
- Chipperfield Trust
- Council
- Health and Wellbeing Board (Chair)
- 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.