Agenda and draft minutes
Health Committee - Wednesday 13 March 2024 2.00 pm

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

1.1  There were no apologies for absence.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Diane Richards, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat.

2.2  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at
Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 1 February 2024 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 1 February 2024 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Diane Richards, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to note the completed, closed and outstanding actions arising from its previous meetings.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat.

4.2  Resolved:

That the completed, closed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Diane Richards, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to note the recent action taken by the Chair under delegated authority, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, namely to agree the report on eating disorders, as attached at Appendix 1.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat.

5.2  Resolved:

  That the recent action taken by the Chair under delegated authority in consultation with party Group Lead Members, namely to agree the report on eating disorders as attached at Appendix 1 of the agenda report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact: Diane Richards, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to note the response from the Mayor of London to the Committee’s letter on trauma-informed approaches to youth violence, as attached at Appendix 1.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat.

6.2  Resolved:

  That the response from the Mayor of London to the Committee’s letter on trauma-informed approaches to youth violence as attached at Appendix 1 of the agenda report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact: Tim Gallagher, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to invited guests and note the subsequent discussion; and

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree any output arising from the discussion.

7.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat as background to putting questions to the following invited guests:

·  Jazz Bhogal, Assistant Director of Health, Children and Young Londoners, Greater London Authority (GLA);

·  Dr Tom Coffey OBE, Mayoral Health Advisor;

·  Professor Kevin Fenton, Regional Director for London, Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, Regional Director of Public Health, NHS London, and Statutory Health Advisor to the GLA;

·  Vicky Hobart, GLA Group Director of Public Health & Deputy Statutory Health Advisor; and

·  Emma Pawson, Head of Health and Wellbeing / Programme Director for Free School Meals, GLA.

7.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

7.3  The Mayoral Health Advisor and the Statutory Health Advisor to the GLA gave short presentations to set the scene for the question and answers session using slides as attached at Appendix 2..

7.4  The Deputy Chair, the meeting guests and Health Committee Members thanked Dr Onkar Sahota AM as he prepared to stand down from the London Assembly, for his 12 years on the Health Committee including the nine years in the Chair.

7.5  The meeting adjourned at 3.58pm, reconvening at 4.05pm.

7.6  During the course of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

The London Assembly’s Annual Meeting, due to take place in May 2024, will decide which committees to establish for the 2024/25 Assembly Year and a timetable of meetings for those committees.

8.1  The London Assembly’s Annual Meeting on 10 May 2024, would decide which Committees to establish for the 2024/25 Assembly Year and a timetable of meetings for those committees.

9.1  There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

10.1  The meeting ended at 4.37pm.