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  • NHS strike threat

    • 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?

  • Risks to services from multiple infectious diseases in London

    • 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?

  • Estimated deaths from 2022 heatwaves

    • 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?

  • Resilience for a further wave of coronavirus

    • 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?

  • Updating the Good Work Standard to include Long Covid strategy

    • 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?

  • Tube dust health impacts

    • 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?

  • Links between aviation noise and health

    • Reference: 2021/3519
    • Question by: Zack Polanski
    • Meeting date: 09 September 2021
    Have you made use of the new evidence from the September 2020 review of aviation noise and health by the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise (ICCAN) in a response to the Government consultation on night flights restrictions?

  • Withdrawal of bursaries for student nurses and midwives

    • Reference: 2016/0093
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 20 January 2016
    Given the importance of the health sector to London's economy, will you make representations to the government on behalf of Londoners affected by the recent decision to not only withdraw the bursaries for student midwives and nurses, but also to charge them £9,000 each year for training?

  • Effect of transport emissions on London taxi and private hire drivers' health

    • Reference: 2014/4058
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
    How many taxi and private hire drivers have been found to have developed work-related illnesses due to the emissions that they breathe in on a daily basis?

  • LGBT Health and education in London

    • Reference: 2014/4061
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
    Please could the Mayor outline what the Greater London Authority is doing on health promotion and education within the LGBT community in the capital and what funding is provided by the Greater London Authority to charities who provide such services?