Dr Kate Usmar - Cllr for Gloucestershire

Cllr Dr Kate Usmar

Liberal Democrat Cabinet Member for Adults' Support & Independence

Email: Kate.Usmar@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Council: Gloucestershire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: (Chair) Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board (Chair) County Council (Committee Member) Cabinet (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

22 meetings · Page 1 of 5

Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am

The Cabinet of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to consider a range of financial and strategic matters, including the Medium Term Financial Strategy and the Digital Infrastructure, Inclusion, and Innovation Strategy. The meeting agenda also included discussions on the use of the Dedicated Schools Grant, the adoption of the Gloucestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and various operational and asset management plans.

January 28, 2026, 10:00 am
Committee Chair

Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership - Tuesday 27 January 2026 1.30 pm

The Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership meeting scheduled for Tuesday 27 January 2026 was set to cover updates on key health initiatives, including a blood pressure exemplar theme, a strategic overview of tobacco dependency, and an update on employment support programmes. The meeting also included arrangements for NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) clustering.

January 27, 2026, 1:30 pm
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board Chair

Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 13 January 2026 3.52 pm

January 13, 2026, 3:52 pm
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am

The Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet met on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, and agreed to put the draft budget for 2026/27 out for public consultation. They also approved plans for a new fire and rescue service training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing at the Coombe Hill site, and agreed to extend several contracts for services including household recycling, fostering and residential care.

December 03, 2025
Committee Chair

Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership - Tuesday 25 November 2025 4.23 pm

November 25, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

54 decisions · Page 10 of 11

Delivery of Structural Maintenance Works 2026 to 2034

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 23 July 2025 10.00 am - July 23, 2025

...to delegate authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment & Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways, to conduct a competitive process and award a contract for structural maintenance works regarding carriageway resurfacing for an initial four-year period with a four-year extension option.

Recommendations Approved

Adult Social Care Operating Model: Delegated Functions

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 23 July 2025 10.00 am - July 23, 2025

...Gloucestershire County Council will provide occupational therapy, reablement assessment and therapy support, mental health social work, and supported accommodation services, while Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust will continue providing the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) service, all starting September 2026, and the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Wellbeing and Communities is authorized to conduct a procurement process for domiciliary care and to modify agreements with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board accordingly.

Recommendations Approved

Provision of additional budget to deliver residual waste bulking and transfer services in the Forest of Dean and Cotswold districts.

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 23 July 2025 10.00 am - July 23, 2025

...to allocate additional revenue funding and delegate authority to award contracts for residual waste bulking and haulage services in the Forest of Dean and Cotswold districts, while committing to financial and environmental improvements in those services.

Recommendations Approved

Gloucestershire Infrastructure Investment Fund

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 23 July 2025 10.00 am - July 23, 2025

...to approve a revised governance and decision-making process for the Gloucestershire Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), delegate authority for its implementation and management, and delegate authority to award loans under the scheme up to £3 million per loan and a total of £9 million over three years.

Recommendations Approved

Finance, Performance and Risk Monitoring Report

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 18 June 2025 10.00 am - June 18, 2025

... the Cabinet of Gloucestershire decided to note the Finance, Performance and Risk Monitoring Report for Quarter 4 of 2024/25, including the revenue budget underspend, savings delivery, capital outturn position, and Council's performance against Prudential Indicators, and to approve the transfer of the underspend to reserves, other technical reserve movements, and changes to the capital programme.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 22

Average per Month: 2.4

Decisions Recorded: 54