Agenda and minutes
Health and Public Services Committee - Wednesday 3 November 2010 2.30 pm

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

1.1  Apologies were received from Richard Barnbrook AM, Richard Barnes AM and Nicky Gavron AM.

1.2  The Chair welcomed to the public gallery students and staff from noSWeat Journalism Training College in Clerkenwell.

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of memberships of functional bodies and London Borough Councils, as set out in the table at Item 2;

(b)  Note the gifts and hospitality received by Members, as set out on the Authority’s gifts and hospitality register; and

(c)  Declare any other personal or personal prejudicial interests in specific items listed on the agenda over and above those items listed in the table above and including any interests arising from gifts or hospitality received within the previous three years or from the date of election to the London Assembly, whichever is the later, which are not at the time of this meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality.

2.1  Resolved:

(a)   That the relevant Members’ declarations of memberships of Functional Bodies and London Borough Councils, as set out in the table at Item 2 on the agenda, be noted as personal interests; and

(b)  That the gifts and hospitality received by Members, as set out on the Authority’s  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Health and Public Services Committee held on 14 September 2010 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:    

That the minutes of the meeting of the Environment Committee held on 14 September 2010 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to note the report as background and put questions to the invited guests.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat. The following people attended the meeting to answer the Committee’s questions on tackling childhood obesity:

·  Pamela Chesters, Mayoral Adviser on Health and Youth Opportunities;

·  Rosie Boycott, Chair of London Food Board;

·  Kate Hoey MP, Mayor’s Sports Commissioner;  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, 020 7983 4199, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to agree the report, Business as usual? London’s emergency and health services’ preparations for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the report, Business as usual? London’s emergency and health services’ preparations for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, be agreed.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to agree to review the provision of public toilets in London as follow-up to its 2006 report, An urgent need: The state of London’s public toilets, with terms of reference set out at paragraph 4.1 of the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

That the review into the provision of public toilets in London as a follow-up to its 2006 report, An urgent need: The state of London’s public toilets, be agreed with the following term of reference:  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to note the responses from the Mayor and Department of Health to the Committee’s report, Home Truths: Older Londoners’ access to home care services.

7.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

7.2  Resolved:

That the responses from the Mayor and Department of Health to the Committee’s report, Home Truths: Older Londoners’ access to home care services, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to note the work programme for 2010/11, as outlined in section 4.1 of the report.

8.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, noting that the 18 November date listed in the report referred to the current meeting.

8.2  Members asked for consideration to be given for the Committee’s future work programme to include the London Ambulance Service and how it  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Wednesday 12 January 2011 at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 5.

9.1  The next scheduled formal meeting of the Committee was Wednesday 12 January 2011 at 2.00 pm.

10.1  There was no urgent business.

11.1  The meeting ended at 4.12pm.