If you are out and about and need to rest in a cool place during the exceptional heat the following places are recommended by Reading Borough Council:

Reading Civic Offices, Bridge Street - 9am to 5pm - Air conditioned, seating, free drinking water and toilets available. Central Library open on Thursday. Wheelchair accessible.

Rivermead and Palmer Park Leisure Centres - 7am to 9pm - Air conditioned, free drinking water, toilets.Wheelchair accessible.

Reading Patient Voice Group will meet at 6pm on Wednesday 17th June, online via Teams and in committee room 4a of the Reading Civic Offices on Bridge Street.

The meeting will discuss responses to the current and proposed features of the RBH patient portal, future strategy, and other NHS matters relevant to our members.

To join the meeting please click here,

In this paper the Health Foundation reports that healthy life expectancy has fallen in the UK by about 2 years during the decade from 2012-14 to 2022-24. It ended up just below 61 years of age. The BBC reported that the UK was one of only 5 countries out of the 21 richest where this occurred and the UK fall was the second steepest.

The Reading Health and Wellbeing Board will meet in public at 2pm on Thursday 16th July 2026.

More details to follow nearer the date.

The first meeting in public of the new Thames Valley Integrated Care Board will be at 11am - 1pm on Wednesday 22nd July 2026. Questions should be submitted to frimleyicb.public@nhs.net by midday on the preceding Friday. Please write to the same email address requesting a link to attend the meeting online.