• Reference: 2021/4307
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

Do you share my concerns about the recent rise in nursing and medical staffing vacancy rates in London? What action do you think needs to be taken to ensure our hospitals and GP surgeries are adequately staffed in the capital?

• Reference: 2021/4306
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

Can you provide an update on how many schools in London have received CO2 monitors from the Department for Education so far?

• Reference: 2021/4305
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

At a recent Plenary meeting, you said that you would discuss with TfL officers the possibility of using advertising on the TfL estate to raise public awareness around HIV testing services and access to PrEP. Can you provide me with an update on your progress?

• Reference: 2021/4304
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

Do you agree that the Government should cover the costs of COVID-19 testing for international travel to boost the travel and tourism industry amidst concerns about the lack of regulation in the private PCR testing market?

• Reference: 2021/4303
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

What representations can you make to ensure that the Government moves faster in moving the Test and Trace system out of the hands of private contractors and outsourcing firms and to give to local public health teams instead?

• Reference: 2021/4302
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

Have you had any discussions with PHE London or the Department for Health about reviewing the current list of COVID-19 symptoms which continues to list only three core symptoms, when research from the Kings College Symptom Study has indicated that there are alternative symptoms with the Delta Variant for people who are both vaccinated and unvaccinated?

• Reference: 2021/4301
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

Are you confident that the capital is getting the supply of doses it needs to a) Offer a booster jab to all eligible Londoners? b) Offer a first dose to 12-15 year olds living in the capital?

• Reference: 2021/4300
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

Have you been lobbying the Government to launch a second round of its COVID Community Champions Fund to support councils in tackling vaccine hesitancy? In January 2021, only seven London councils were allocated funding from this scheme.

• Reference: 2021/4299
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

Less than two thirds of adults in the capital have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. What actions are you taking through the GLA to address the residual issue of hesitancy and ensure that all of London’s diverse communities are being offered the vaccine?

• Reference: 2021/4298
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 14 October 2021

Do you believe that the Government should give schools the resources to continue to keep supervised on-site lateral flow testing in place, as this will ensure that pupils are testing regularly, and the results are likely to be more accurate?