Jeremy De Souza
Council: Wandsworth
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
28 meetings · Page 1 of 6
Cabinet - Monday, 23 February 2026 - 4.00 p.m.
The Cabinet meeting on Monday 23rd February 2026 focused heavily on the Council's financial position and future investments, with key decisions made regarding the budget and council tax for the upcoming year. The Council approved a balanced budget for the fourth consecutive year, freezing the main element of council tax while implementing a 2% increase for the adult social care precept. Significant capital investment was also approved, with over £52 million added to the capital programme for projects across various services, funded through a mix of grants, developer contributions, reserves, and borrowing.
Health and Wellbeing Board - Thursday, 12 February 2026 - 1.00 p.m.
The Health and Wellbeing Board met on 12 February 2026 to discuss progress on the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy, the establishment of neighbourhood health services, efforts to combat drug misuse, and the South West London Mental Health Strategy. Key decisions included noting progress on various health initiatives, agreeing to delegate the sign-off of the Neighbourhood Health Plan, and noting the progress of the Combating Drugs Partnership and the South West London Mental Health Strategy.
Wandsworth Council
The Wandsworth Health and Well-Being Board met to discuss a range of health and social care issues, including adult social care, safeguarding, pharmaceutical needs, and the health and well-being of children and young people. The board endorsed the development of an action plan to address the findings of the Adult Social Care Health Study and approved the final Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment report. The board also discussed opportunities for collaboration across different organisations to improve safeguarding practices.
Decisions from Meetings
67 decisions · Page 10 of 14
Work Programme (Paper No. 24-348)
From: Agenda and decisions - November 21, 2024
...to note the Health and Wellbeing Board Work Programme, which outlines planned meetings and seminars for the upcoming year and is a live document subject to change.
Recommendations Approved
Richmond and Wandsworth Safeguarding Adults Board's Annual Report 2023/24 (Paper No. 24-344)
From: Agenda and decisions - November 21, 2024
... the recommendations outlined in the Richmond and Wandsworth Safeguarding Adults Board's Annual Report 2023/24 were approved.
Recommendations Approved
Apologies for absence
From: Agenda and decisions - November 21, 2024
...to note the apologies for absence from Mr. Jeremy DeSouza, Mr. Robert Guile, Mr. Stephen Hickey, Mr. Shannon Katiyo, Mr. Philip Murray, Ms. Ana Popovici, Mr. Mike Procter, and Mr. Brian Reilly.
Recommendations Approved
Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy - Start Well Delivery Update (Paper No. 24-345)
From: Agenda and decisions - November 21, 2024
...to note the delivery outputs of the Joint Local Health & Wellbeing Strategy's Start Well
priorities, which focus on self-harm and mental health, childhood obesity, childhood immunisations, and A&E attendances/hospital admissions due to injuries, as outlined in Appendix 1 of the report.
Recommendations Approved
Better Care Fund Quarter 1 2024-25 Update (Paper No. 24-347)
From: Agenda and decisions - November 21, 2024
...to note the Better Care Fund spend and outputs/activity for the period April – June 2024, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report, which included expenditure schemes within the Discharge Fund portion of the BCF and monies hosted within the Wandsworth BCF plan related to mental health step down beds.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 28
Average per Month: 1.3
Decisions Recorded: 67