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  • Winter pressures in the NHS

    • Reference: 2018/0279
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2018
    The latest NHS statistics show that Hillingdon Hospital (66.2%) and London North West (65%) in my constituency had the highest percentage of patients spending over 4 hours in major A&E departments in London. The NHS Winter Crisis currently affecting London was predicted, avoidable and should have been planned for. This crisis is, in the view of many, of the Government's making. The Kings Fund, the British Medical Association (BMA), the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and NHS Providers had warned the Government throughout 2017 about the impending crisis and action needed to avoid the situation. It seemingly fell on deaf...

  • Missed appointments.

    • Reference: 2018/0184
    • Question by: Tony Devenish
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2018
    Bearing in mind his responsibilities for health inequalities, when Jane Cummings, the Chief Nurse for England, complains about patients missing almost £1 billion worth of appointments each year, does the Mayor have any ideas how to cut this wastage?

  • Senior Coroner for Inner North London

    • Reference: 2018/0241
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2018
    Are you aware of the concerns of Jewish and Muslim residents of inner North London, over the conduct of the Senior Coroner for Inner North London, who in the past and now again, has failed to respect the particular requirements of those faiths concerning the deceased, including the prompt release of bodies for burial in accordance with faith requirements and invasive autopsies, amongst other concerns. Will you look into these matters and make appropriate representations to the Ministry of Justice?

  • Food Poverty

    • Reference: 2018/0246
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2018
    You have asked a number of charities helping the homeless to combine to pool resources and information. There are also a number of charities endeavouring to help those in food poverty, particularly some distributing unused food from restaurants, supermarkets, and so on. Is this an initiative which you could coordinate to assist those in dire need?

  • Healthy Workplace Charter I

    • Reference: 2018/0281
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2018
    How many businesses across the capital have signed up to the Healthy Workplace Charter?

  • Healthy Workplace Charter II

    • Reference: 2018/0282
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2018
    How is the Mayor incentivising, promoting and encouraging signing up to the Healthy Workplace Charter?

  • Drug Consumption Rooms (1)

    • Reference: 2018/0147
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2018
    What are the impediments to establishing Drug Consumption Rooms as outlined in the Volteface report "Back Yard"?

  • Drug Consumption Rooms (2)

    • Reference: 2018/0148
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 January 2018
    With your remit to address public health inequalities, will you consider following the lead of Glasgow and investigate establishing "Drug Consumption Rooms"?