The Royal Berkshire Hospital has a new patient portal for handling appointments and more. It is found at patients.royalberkshire.nhs.uk - which you may need to remember. You can register your email and password or use the credentials you use for the NHS App to log in. The new portal replaces the DrDoctor portal.

Russell Street Group Practice currently operates 3 branches, at 79 Russell Street, in a dedicated building at 80. Wensley Road in Coley Park and in Burghfield. They are losing their lease in Russell Street on 1st November 2025 and are expanding and modernising the surgery building in Coley Park to accommodate more patients.

The BOB Integrated Care Board meets on Tuesday 9th September at 1.30pm in public online. The link will be found on this page.

The NHS is starting a campaign urging older adult to have a vaccination against the RSV virus, which can cause serious consequences for older people.

Please note that this vaccination doesn't have to be repeated every year like the flu vaccine - you just get it once.

Every year the polling company Ipsos-Mori carries out a detailed survey of what patients think about the GP practice on behalf of the NHS. A good sample of responses is sought from each GP practice. This year's results have recently been published.

It can be difficult to interpret the results; what does it mean if 93% of patients think that their experience is good or very good? What about the 7% who don't? Is that too much?