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• Reference: 2022/3904
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

The 2022 Lancet Countdown report concluded that “insufficient climate change adaptation efforts have left health systems vulnerable to climate change-related hazards”. What is your assessment of the risks to public health in London posed by climate breakdown, and what action will the GLA Group Public Health Unit take to address these?

• Reference: 2022/3905
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/3593, in which you said the Drugs Commission is: “now finalising the recruitment of two Deputy Chairs and an Expert Reference Group” and that once is this is done: “a web page will be created”. When will the Deputy Commissioners and Expert Reference Group be appointed, and when will the web page be launched?

• Reference: 2022/3593
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

When will your Drugs Commission start work?

• Reference: 2022/3614
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

At the London Assembly Plenary on 6 December 2018, a motion was passed unanimously urging you to make strong representations to London boroughs calling for them to make sexual health support a priority. Could you tell me what action you have taken and share any responses you received?

• Reference: 2022/2901
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In your response to the November 2021 report, the Toilet Paper from the London Assembly Health Committee, you told me your officers would raise the issue of each borough producing a toilet strategy based on population and need with London Councils. What work has progressed from these meetings and discussions?

• Reference: 2022/2902
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

As recommended in the November 2021 report, the Toilet Paper, from the London Assembly Health Committee, will you lobby alongside London Councils for the provision of public toilets to become a statutory duty for local councils, alongside ring-fenced funding to achieve this?

• 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?