Patients at Milman Road Health Centre and at Kennet Surgery have been made aware of a plan to merge the two practices. The letter to patients assures them that there will be no reduction in appointments available. It is possible, though, that the branch surgery at Christchurch Road might be discontinued at some time with patients given a choice as to where to transfer.

Reading borough is developing a local plan to control outbreaks of Covid-19. The plan can be inspected here .

The CCG held its 9th June meeting by multi-way telephone call. The meeting papers are below - featuring some details on the measures taken for COVID-19 and the arrangements for paying for them.

The main public health technique for controlling epidemics returns to England tomorrow with the start of the NHS Test and Trace service. ..... Anyone with corona virus symptoms will be asked to self-idolate and book a test. If the test delivers a negative result, the self-isolation ceases but if it is positive the service will contact them and try to work out all their contacts - people who have been within 2 metres of them for more than 15 minutes in the last few days. These contacts will be asked to self-isolate for 14 days or 7 days after they develop symptoms, whichever is shorter.

The Independent SAGE commission, chaired by former Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir David King, has issued a report on the integrated Find, Test, Trace, Isolate and Support system that is necessary to control the Covid-19 epidemic as the crude lockdown is eased.