• Reference: 2019/20019
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Thank you for your answer to question 2019/17717 in which you noted the forthcoming expansion of Starting Well 13. What is the timescale for this, will it cover the whole of London, and what extra resources are being provided to enable it?

• Reference: 2019/20018
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

A GLA report into the impact of skills and salary threshold-based migration policies identified health and social care managers, nursing and midwifery staff, and personal caring staff as groups of high public service value that would face difficulties adjusting to more stringent migration systems. Health professionals more broadly face these problems as well as having a high recent reliance on EEA workers. What discussions have you had about improving recruitment and retention for these groups of workers?

• Reference: 2019/20017
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

What actions will your office and other GLA family organisations be taking to achieve the aims of the child obesity taskforce report, Every Child a Healthy Weight?

• Reference: 2019/20016
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

What is your assessment of the potential social value that can be leveraged from NHS supply chains and broader operations in London?

• Reference: 2019/20015
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

The Government has tendered for a healthcare supplies express delivery service from 1 November 2019 and established a 24/7 NHS Brexit supply disruption hotline. Are you confident that these measures will be in place in time, and function as intended, if the Government fails to secure an exit-deal with the EU?

• Reference: 2019/20014
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

The Department for Health and Social Care has developed a Serious Shortage Protocol that can be used in the event of leaving the European Union without a deal, which would allow prescribers to offer a reduced dose, vary drug strengths, provide a generic alternative or offer alternative products. What discussions and correspondence have you had with the Minister and other relevant health partners about this scheme?

• Reference: 2019/20013
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

TfL have banned advertisements of unhealthy food on its estate. Do you support London boroughs taking the same approach?

• Reference: 2019/20012
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

How many schools have seen improvements made to adjacent streets using TfL’s Healthy Streets fund?

• Reference: 2019/20011
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Which boroughs have introduced A5 (hot food takeaway) planning restrictions within 400m of schools, and what steps are you taking to encourage all boroughs to do so?

• Reference: 2019/20010
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

The Child Poverty Action Group report “Living Hand to Mouth” recommends free fruit and veg be given out in schools. Some grocery shops already run similar schemes. In your work on access to food, will you consider what connections could be made between these schemes?