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• Reference: 2018/3335
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

In item 7 of Transport for London's papers for the Customer Service and Operational Performance Panel (14 November 2018), they state that better integration between ATS and non-emergency hospital transport for disabled people is being hindered "due to the difficulties in making the right contacts within the complex and dissipated organisational structure of the NHS". Will you raise this matter in your regular meetings with the London Ambulance Service?

• Reference: 2018/3336
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

As part of the Health Inequalities Strategy (HIS) implementation plan you committed to publishing new indicators in a publicly accessible fashion including via the London datastore. However, the datastore HIS indicators page https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/health-inequalities-strategy-indicat… has not been updated for two years and still includes the indicators from the old strategy. Can you advise when this will be updated?

• Reference: 2018/3337
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Your letter to the Treasury concerning the Budget made no mention of health issues or the need to support public health investment. Can you confirm what representations to Government you have made on this issue, and to which departments?

• Reference: 2018/3338
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

I recently met with senior sector representatives to discuss the ongoing need for a more cohesive strategy for eye health in London. Sector leaders have called on you to provide leadership in this area. Will you meet with eye health sector leaders to discuss their concerns?

• Reference: 2018/3353
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Due to unprecedented level of demand in London on the NHS, bed closure plans have been dropped but a staffing crisis is looming after Brexit. EU nationals make up 11.2 % of NHS workforce in London and 13% social care posts. Since the Brexit referendum numbers of EU nurses joining the NHS register has fallen some 87%. What role can the Mayor play to avert this real crisis situation?

• Reference: 2018/3372
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

What is the current uptake of Healthy Start Vouchers in London? Can this be broken down by borough?

• Reference: 2018/3373
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

There have been reports of retailers refusing to accept Healthy Start Vouchers in London due to misinformation. Is there any action that you can take to promote Healthy Start Vouchers and ensure that London's retailers accept them?

• Reference: 2018/3375
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

London has the worst rates for hospital admissions in London. What conversations are you having with London's NHS Trusts to support Londoners with asthma?

• Reference: 2018/3376
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Asthma is more prevalent in areas of deprivation and people living with asthma in more deprived areas have a greater chance of ending up in hospital because of their asthma. How are your health inequalities policies helping Londoners with asthma?

• Reference: 2018/3284
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

How can the London Health Board respond to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, conducted by the University of Bristol's Norah Fry Centre, that found that young people with learning disabilities were particularly likely to die in hospital?