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• 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: 2022/2571
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

A recent tweet by @MPSRoehampton shows the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) giving a presentation to a school titled: “The Reality of Knife Crime and Gang Culture.” In a follow-up tweet, the MPS says it is also doing leaflet drops, street briefings and youth club engagements, as well as proactive police patrols. Could you share with me the slideshow presentation featured in these tweets, as well as the leaflets and any other materials or presentations that are part of this knife crime prevention campaign?

• Reference: 2022/2572
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

The GLA recently accepted recommendations about the diversity of interview panels proposed in a February 2022 report, Independent Review of Ethnic Minority experiences at GLA, by The Equal Group. Does the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have a similar rule or policy about the diversity of interview panels?

• Reference: 2022/2573
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Campaigners have highlighted that the candidates and panel of interviewers for the next Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis were all white. Are you concerned that this may hamper rebuilding trust and confidence in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and what steps are you taking to hear the voices of Black, Asian and other minority ethnic Londoners in the recruitment process?

• Reference: 2022/2574
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) conducted a health and safety review of the heavy police uniform and equipment worn by officers who cycle regularly as part of their job? Given the high temperatures that are now experienced regularly in London, are there any plans to adapt the uniform, for example by allowing shorts to be worn?

• Reference: 2022/2575
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Could you report the most recent figures for numbers of casualties relating to hit and runs in London in 2020, broken down by: a) road user mode of both parties, b) severity type by CRASH/COPA categories: Fatal, Very Serious, Moderately Serious, Less Serious, and Slight, c) borough, and d) whether there was a prosecution?