All GPs now have direct access to cancer diagnostic scans, saving an intermediate referral to a hospital consultant. NHS England says, "Under the scheme, around 67,000 people who are usually diagnosed with cancer through non-urgent testing will now be eligible for fast-tracking and have a better chance of their disease being picked up at an earlier stage."

The BOB Interated Care Board meets in public from 10am to 1pm on Wed 15th November 2022. The meeting can be live streamed by clicking here .

The BOB Integrated Care Board will meet in public at 10am on Tuesday, 17th January 2023.

South Reading Patient Voice Annual General Meeting will take place in the Main Hall at RISC - 35-39, London Street, RG1 4PS at 6pm on Wednesday, 16th November 2022. Members are asked to attend in person if possible as it is felt that a better discussion communication will result. Refreshments will be served. There is plenty of room in the Main Hall for social distancing. Constitutional amendments should be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday, 15th November so that a display can be prepared.

John Burn-Murdoch, writing in the Financial Times on 4th November 2022 (behind paywall) has shown that chronic illness has increased radically since the pandemic with almost 500,000 more people in the economically active age range of 16-64 not in the work force as a result. He proposes that long waiting lists are now a significant factor keeping some of them out. Of the various conditions Mental Health problems are most likely to keep people out of the work force permanently.