Who are we?
Our Chair
Nick Forbes, Leader of the Council, Newcastle City Council
Our Vice Chair
Joyce McCarty, Deputy Leader of the Council, Newcastle City Council
Other members
Karen Kilgour, Cabinet Member Adult Care and Health, Newcastle City Council
Nora Casey, Cabinet Member Children and Young People, Newcastle City Council
Jane Streather, Cabinet Member Public Health and Housing, Newcastle City Council
Jackie Slesenger, Opposition Member, Newcastle City Council
Pat Ritchie, Chief Executive, Newcastle City Council
Ewen Weir, Director Wellbeing, Care and Learning, Newcastle City Council
Eugene Milne, Director of Public Health, Newcastle City Council
Guy Pilkington, Newcastle Clinical Lead, NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group
Jeff Hurst, member of Governing Body, NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group
Mark Adams, Accountable officer, NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group
Vacant, Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality, Cumbria and the North East, NHS England
Kate Israel, Chair, HealthWatch Newcastle
Steph Edusei, Chief Executive, HealthWatch Newcastle
John Burn, Chair, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Louise Robson, Acting Chief Executive, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ken Jarrold, Chair, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
John Lawlor, Chief Executive, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Yvonne Ormston, Chief Executive, North East Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust
Dianne Ford, Dean of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University
David Burn, Pro-Vice Chancellor Health and Medicine, Newcastle University
Olivia Grant, Newcastle Futures
Vacant, a headteacher nominated by Newcastle Schools
Sally Young, Chief Executive, Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service
Sarah Cowling, sectoral representative, Voluntary and Community Sector
Brendan Hill, sectoral representative, Voluntary and Community Sector
What we do together
Wellbeing for Life Board works to improve the wellbeing and health of everyone in the city, with a particular focus on reducing health inequalities.
The Wellbeing for Life Board fulfills the statutory requirement to have a Health and Wellbeing Board. It also acts as the inter-sectoral steering group for Newcastle’s involvement in the World Health Organisation (WHO) European Healthy City Network.
Our meeting dates and papers
As we are a committee of Newcastle City Council you can find information on our meetings and get access to papers on Newcastle City Council’s website.