South Reading Patient Voice will meet on Wednesday, 31st July 2019 to hear a talk from Dr Rosemary Croft on "Reading - A Trauma-Aware Community?", Adverse childhood events have powerful effects on the life course. Dr Croft will introduce the evidence and current thinking on the importance of childhood trauma and will explain what is happening locally to put the thinking to practical effect. In addition, the meeting will hear and discuss news from local GP practices, Healthwatch Reading and Berkshire West CCG, Berkshire West ICS, Reading Borough Council and the WeBOB STP.
South Reading Patient Voice meets at 6pm on Wednesday 26th June 2019, to hear Linda Dobraszczyk talk about "Mental Health - the Critical First 1001 Days". We will also hear a report back from the annual conference of the National Association for Patient Participation and discuss news from local surgeries and from Reading Healthwatch.
NHS England has announced that the WeBOB Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) will become an Integrated Care System (ICS). See the BOB STP website for more details. Two of its constituent areas are already Integrated Care Systems - namely Berkshire West and Buckinghamshire. These will become Integrated Care Partnerships. It is the declared policy of NHS England to push decision-making to the lowest appropriate level - so we hope that much of what has already been achieved in the Berkshire West ICS will be preserved and built upon.
Reading Community Learning Centre is offering two courses on Mental Health First Aid, in July andTue & Wed July - 4 half days - 23rd, 24th, 30th, 31st October - 2 full days 22nd, 23rd Please see attached documents for details and booking form.