Agenda item

The cabinet member interview with Cllr Maisie Anderson on her Public Health, Parks and Leisure portfolio will be held.

Her responsibilities are to promote and develop sport and leisure in the borough including sport development and delivery of free swimming and gym use for all residents.  To increase the quality of and residents access to the borough’s parks and green spaces. To improve the health of the borough including the council’s responsibilities for public health. 

The portfolio holder will work closely with the cabinet member for children and schools (with regard to children’s health, play and teenage pregnancy), with the cabinet member for adult care and financial inclusion (with regard to health in older people).

The cabinet member will have particular responsibility for:

·  the council’s public health role;

·  swimming and gym use;

·  the council’s relationship with the NHS;

·  local health services;

·  trees;

·  bio-diversity;

·  reducing teenage conception rates;

·  performance of the council’s leisure contractor;

·  leisure investment;

·  working with grassroots sport and leisure communities;

·  promoting sport and increasing physical activity;

·  play and leisure activities for young people;

·  healthier high streets with the cabinet member for regeneration and new homes;

·  air quality;

·  parks.

The committee questioned Cllr Maisie Anderson on her portfolio.

RESOLVED

Notre Dame School near Elephant & Castle are undertaking work on air quality and would like to attend a meeting to present he results.  The possibility of this happening at a following meeting , with the appropriate cabinet member was discussed .  The responsibility for this is moving to Cllr Wingfield .  If an available slot with the cabinet member can be found this will be added to the work programme.

An update from the CCG will be requested on King’s A & E.