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• Reference: 2023/1986
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

The Kings Fund recently identified that one of the largest falls in provision of social care was in respite care, where there has been a 42 per cent drop in the number of people receiving respite care between 2015-16 and 2021-22 across England. Do you have London-wide data on respite care provision and can you provide a borough breakdown?

• Reference: 2023/1987
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Can you provide an update on the work of the London Health Board?

• Reference: 2023/1988
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Can you provide an update on progress of your Health Inequalities Implementation Plan?

• Reference: 2023/1989
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Almost 55,000 hospital appointments in London were cancelled as a result of the junior doctors’ strike in April. Are you concerned that the Government’s seeming unwillingness to negotiate with doctors will increase the elective care backlog in London?

• Reference: 2023/1990
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Do you have any insight from London NHS trusts about whether the ongoing strike action will result in delays to reducing elective care waiting lists?

• Reference: 2023/1181
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

It’s been a little over a year since you launched your health and social care academies. Can you outline what the impact has been in terms of training Londoners to fill the many vacancies in the sector?

• Reference: 2023/1182
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Can you outline the anticipated health benefits from your free school meals policy, especially in relation to health inequalities?

• Reference: 2023/1183
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Will City Hall be measuring the health impact of the policy once it’s implemented, if so, what data will be collected?

• Reference: 2023/1184
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

The latest data on NHS vacancy rates showed a slight improvement in the number of vacant posts in London. However, London still has by far highest overall vacancy rate in England with 12% of posts unfilled. What more can City Hall do to make London attractive to health care workers?

• Reference: 2023/1185
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

According to NHS England data, of the four local authorities in the country which do not provide smoking cessation services, two are in London. How is City Hall working to ensure all Londoners can access support to quit smoking?