This meeting was scheduled to receive updates on the Health Inequalities Fund and workforce issues affecting North Central London. The Committee was also scheduled to review the work programme for 2024-25.

Health Inequalities Fund

The Committee was scheduled to receive an update on the Health Inequalities Fund.

Workforce Update

The Committee was scheduled to receive an update on workforce issues in North Central London. This follows on from a previous update on the same topic on 29 January 2024.

The most recent previous update to the Committee on this issue was on 29 January 2024.

Work Programme

The Committee was scheduled to consider a report on the Committee’s work programme for 2024-25.

The report included a provisional schedule of items for discussion at future meetings, including:

• Start Well
• Primary Care Access
• Dental Services
• NCL Estates Strategy
• North London Mental Health Partnership
• The merger of North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
• The collaborative relationship between the Whittington Health NHS Trust and the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• NCL ICS finances
• Winter Planning
• Smoking cessation and vaping.
• The efficacy of online GP consultations
• Developing technology and its role in the management of long-term chronic conditions
• The strategic role of GP Federations
• Vaccination initiatives
• Paediatric service review
• Primary care commissioning and the monitoring of private corporations operating in this area
• Increases in the number of people being charged for services that they were previously able to access free of charge through the NHS
• Mental Health & Community/Voluntary Sector

The Committee was also scheduled to confirm the agenda items for the next meeting, due to take place on 7 April 2025.