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• Reference: 2023/4657
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Christmas 2023 is upon us and many people suffering from loneliness will feel even worse over Christmas. How will you be supporting those who have no family to gather with over this year’s festive period?

• Reference: 2023/1842
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

A member of a Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust WhatsApp group said that any doctor who has a visa sponsored by the Trust and decides to go on strike will be reported by the Trust to the Border Force. The Trust has since clarified that they are fully supportive of everyone’s right to strike without judgement, fear or consequence. As Chair of the London Health Board, will you reiterate to London’s health and care leadership that such threats are unacceptable?

• Reference: 2023/0053
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

In November 2021 the London Assembly Health Committee called for local authorities to produce a toilet strategy based on population need and current local provision. This call for London boroughs to develop strategies for public toilet provision was reiterated by Age UK in a 2022 report, which found that 81% of older Londoners thought public toilets in their borough were bad and that there is only 1 public toilet for every 5,000 Londoners. Will the Mayor write to London boroughs to encourage them to produce toilet strategies and to work to improve the provision of public toilets in their area?

• Reference: 2022/3945
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What steps have been taken to lessen the risk to essential services from multiple infectious diseases circulating at the same time?

• Reference: 2022/3946
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What is your estimate of the number of deaths caused by heatwaves in London this year and what is the source of this data?

• Reference: 2022/3608
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

What steps are you taking to ensure London has the resilience and preparedness for a further wave of coronavirus?

• Reference: 2022/2306
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Will you actively support efforts to ensure that menus without calorie-labelling are available and promoted in all restaurants and take-away venues in London?

• Reference: 2022/1787
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

In answer to MQ 2022/0250 in January 2022 I was informed that a review of the new arrangements for healthcare provision in custody suites, introduced in May 2021, would be completed in the first quarter of 2022. Please update me on the findings of this review.

• 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: 2022/0018
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

What further research still needs to be completed into the health impacts of tube dust?