Agenda and minutes
Health Committee - Wednesday 2 March 2022 2.00 pm

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

1.1  There were no apologies for absence.  In accordance with Standing Order 2.4, with the permission of the Chair, Andrew Boff AM participated in the meeting remotely.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Diane Richards, [email protected], 07925 353478

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 of the Health Committee held on 13 January 2022 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 January 2022 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat
Contact:  Diane Richards, [email protected], 07925 353478

The Committee is recommended to note the completed and ongoing 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 and ongoing actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Diane Richards, [email protected], 07925 353478

The Committee is recommended to note the responses from the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the Committee’s The Toilet Paper report, as attached at Appendices 1 and 2.

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the responses from the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the Committee’s The Toilet Paper report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact: Dan Tattersall, [email protected]; 07783 805825

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 outputs from the discussion.

6.1   The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat as background to putting questions on the Health Inequalities Strategy (HIS) Implementation Plan to the following invited guests:

·  Jazz Bhogal, Assistant Director of Health, Education and Youth, Greater London Authority (GLA);

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

·  Dr Tom Coffey OBE, Mayoral Health Advisor.

6.2   Before the main discussion started, the Chair invited the Regional Director for London, and GLA Statutory Health Advisor, to provide a quick public health update in light of the lifting of COVID measures.

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

6.4   During the course of the discussion, the Regional Director for London, and Statutory Health Advisor to the GLA, agreed to:

·  Provide budgetary details of how much other funding is being made available across the wider GLA group to deliver the HIS and the commitments in the Implementation Plan;

·  Look at the recent results of the Committee’s trans access to healthcare report and support the implementation of those recommendations and to work with the Committee to understand how some of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

The next meeting of the Committee will be confirmed at the London Assembly’s Annual Meeting on 6 May 2022.

7.1  The date of the next meeting of the Committee would be confirmed by the London Assembly at its Annual Meeting.

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

9.1  The meeting ended at 4.57 pm.