The NHS England performance report for January 2016, appearing only on 10 March 2016, shows many targets missed with the worst performance for waiting in A&E since figures became available. The January 2016 performance report for NHS England shows the following, among others:

Dr Gerard D'Cruz will be talking about the planned GP Chambers in Craven Road at our next meeting on Wednesday, 30th March at 6pm, at 94, London Street, RG1 4SJ. We will also discuss news about local health and social care, items from Healthwatch Reading, from South Reading CCG and from patient participation groups at surgeries in the South Reading CCG area.

We heard an excellent talk about the "Hospital At Home" program from Kate Summers in March 2015. The intention had been for selected patients to be discharged directly from A&E to their home, or discharged early from their ward to home, with nursing care provided by visiting nurses at home. Despite all the preparation we understand that only one patient ever used the service as planned. The attached document from Fiona Slevin-Brown, head of strategy for the Berkshire West Federation of CCGs sets out how the program has been redirected and some lessons learned.

Fiona Slevin-Brown, Head of Strategy for the Berkshire West Federated CCGs, will be talking about "Redesigning Care for the Frail Elderly" at our meeting at 6pm on Wednesday, 24th February 2016, at 94 London Street, RG1 4SJ. Other matters discussed will be news from the CCG and from Patient Participation Groups at GP practices in the South Reading CCG area.

South Reading CCG is getting a 5.7% increase in its programme budgets for 2016/7 as CCG funding allocations are eased towards nationally calculated targets. Other CCGs which are above target may well be getting less than this. The total for 2016/7 is 135.3 million in recurrent allocations.