• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Thank you very much. Well done. OK, let us move on to our last question of this session, Assembly Member Desai. Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon, panel. My question is to you, Ms Hobart. It is about childhood vaccination programmes. I understand London is the worst performing region in England for the take-up of childhood vaccinations. We have seen before how vital vaccine can be, both during the pandemic and with the outbreaks of diseases, like polio, which we previously thought was a thing of the past. What specific factors are driving this...

• Question by: Thomas Turrell
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Assembly Member Turrell is going to complete the impossible feat but let us give him a go. Thomas Turrell AM: Thank you, Chair. This is to Dr Hannbeck. Community pharmacies are obviously incredibly important for delivering better care, yet we hear about having support reduced, increased costs with National Insurance, increased travel costs and so forth. What does the pharmacy sector need to work, to be better supported?

• Question by: Bassam Mahfouz
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Assembly Member Mahfouz. Bassam Mahfouz AM: Thank you, Chair. Vicky, I would like to ask my first question to you. A year ago, in my first Mayor’s Question Time (MQT), my first question to him was around the stark health inequalities we have within our boroughs and across London. I would use the example of two children being born at Hillingdon Hospital, going back to different locations within the borough and through no choice or fault of their own would have about six years’ worth of difference in terms of their life expectancy. We know that...

• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): OK. Now Assembly Member Clarke. Anne Clarke AM: Thank you, Chair. My question is to you, Vicky. The Government is investing £22 billion in the NHS over the next two years and has already made significant progress on waiting lists. Do you anticipate this investment to improve health inequalities in London?

• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Dr Tom Coffey OBE (Senior Adviser to the Mayor, Health Policy, Greater London Authority): I have delayed leaving for a while but thank you for letting me go. Len Duvall AM (Chair): Thank you. Andrew, do you want to --? Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair): My question was to Tom Coffey. Len Duvall AM (Chair): All right. Can you take this very quick one? This is Assembly Member Boff. You cannot see him, but you can hear him, because he is behind you. Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair): You said, Mr Coffey, that you want the Mayor to focus on...

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Thank you very much. Assembly Member Hall. Susan Hall AM: Thank you. In your opening speeches, the three of you quite rightly mentioned inequality. Jazz, you mentioned it 27 times. You all mean it, which is right and proper. Either Vicky or Tom mentioned that the Mayor considers health in all policies and, therefore, I would imagine actions. There is a whole list of things I could talk to you about here, not least homelessness, which has gone up 50 percent, and you have mentioned homelessness. My biggest concern is the lack of funding for the...

• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Assembly Member Small-Edwards. James Small-Edwards AM: Thank you, Chair. My question is to Vicky. Around 8 percent of households in London are overcrowded and one in 21 children live in temporary accommodation. How does this situation impact health inequalities and what is the Mayor doing to address it?

• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Assembly Member Hirani. Krupesh Hirani AM: Thank you, Chair. I am going to turn to Vicky again on this one, on the Mayor’s Health Inequality Strategy. It has a commitment for Londoners to share a city with the best mental health in the world. What actions do we need to make this happen and make it a reality by 2028?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey. Lord Bailey of Paddington AM: Thank you, Chair. I am going to address my first questions to Dr Coffey and then I will come to Dr Hannbeck afterwards. Do you feel that the Mayor has done enough around the promotion of health? We have had lots of conversations this morning about health inequality because that is our theme. However, there is a point where your health is also your own responsibility. This conversation could be interpreted as the belief that people do not have enough agency to deliver their own health. Your best...

• Question by: Elly Baker
• Meeting date: 05 June 2025

Len Duvall AM (Chair): OK. Let us move on to Assembly Member Baker. Elly Baker AM: Thanks, Chair. I want to ask about transport and its impact on health. I am going to ask Vicky and Tom to answer this question. Up front, both of you referenced the importance of transport in good health. It is positive to hear that, but certainly in the Health Inequality Strategy there is some focus on active travel, which is of course really important for physical health. There is no recognition of the inherent good that transport has on health. I am thinking in...