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• Reference: 2022/2903
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The November 2021 report, the Toilet Paper, from the London Assembly Health Committee, raised an urgent issue about the lack of data on available toilets in London, as well as their quality, accessibility and opening times. What work will you and your office do to address this urgent data gap?

• Reference: 2022/2566
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

In response to my question 2022/1300 about public health protection measures to prevent ongoing coronavirus infections and reinfections, you told me there was: “No reason at all to even contemplate NPIs [non-pharmaceutical interventions]… the Government, OHID, UKHSA and ourselves keep this under review but at this stage I am not of the view that we should change the current advice.” Given that the latest data from the ONS shows 3.7 per cent of Londoners are testing positive – the highest percentage in the country – will you now change current advice and strengthen public health messaging on wearing masks and...

• Reference: 2022/2567
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

In your response to the February 2022 report, Trans health matters: improving access to healthcare for trans and gender-diverse Londoners, from the London Assembly Health Committee, you said that you would not implement recommendation one to convene a consultative group to consider the health inequality implications of trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people’s healthcare. You told me this was because you already engage with TGD stakeholders through your Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group. What work has your Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group done since that date on health issues relating to TGD Londoners?

• Reference: 2022/2568
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

In your response to the February 2022 report, Trans health matters: improving access to healthcare for trans and gender-diverse Londoners, from the London Assembly Health Committee, you said that you would not implement recommendation three by commissioning research with the NHS into healthcare needs of trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people in London, but that you would be happy for officers to work with NHS colleagues. The NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) response has also indicated it would be happy to work with your officers. Have your officers met with NHS England to discuss this recommendation?

• Reference: 2022/2569
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

In your response to the February 2022 report, Trans health matters: improving access to healthcare for trans and gender-diverse Londoners, from the London Assembly Health Committee, you said that you welcomed recommendation six on funding an awareness campaign to explain how to disclose trans status to healthcare providers, and would raise it with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). OHID told me the next opportunity to explore an awareness campaign would be in the next round of financial year 2023-24 campaign funding. Will your office work to support this awareness campaign during this funding period?

• Reference: 2022/2570
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

A constituent has raised issues they face from not being able to access NHS documents that are not offered in Disabled Alternative Accessible Formats. This has led to delays in treatment as they told me that accessible documents often take an additional four weeks to arrive after being specifically requested. Will you raise this issue in your regular meetings with the London Health Board and the NHS England Regional Director for London to make sure GPs and NHS trusts offer accessible formats in the first instance, in accordance with the Accessible Information Standard 2015-16?

• Reference: 2022/1826
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

The Bank of England has announced that the proportion of the population aged 16-64 who are not in work, and do not want a job because of long-term sickness, is at a record high. It suspects much of this rise is owing to impacts of the pandemic, including Long Covid and the increase in NHS waiting lists. Will you consider adding requirements to help support employees with Long Covid into your Good Work Standard, such as employers developing a Long Covid strategy or supporting employee Workplace Adjustment Passports?

• Reference: 2022/1836
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

According to the latest UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data, 86 per cent of monkeypox cases identified in England (132 of 153 cases) are in London residents. Given that the current NHS guidance is to isolate if you are infected with monkeypox, what support is being given to people in London who are advised to isolate?

• Reference: 2022/1838
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Several constituents have written to me to raise the issue of not being able to access NHS dental services, with some drastic home interventions being used in desperation. In light of the prediction from experts of an imminent rise in oral cancer among adults, what work is your office doing with the NHS to improve access to dental services in London?

• Reference: 2022/1839
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

At Mayor’s Question Time on 19 May 2022, you told me my suggestion of London councils providing affordable lateral flow tests for Londoners who are cut out of the Government’s free tests was a: “cracking idea.” What work have you and your office begun with London councils on this?