BBC Radio Berkshire will host the Brighter Berkshire Year of Mental Health campaign 2017 on Monday 20th March 11am-1pm, with a programme featuring childrens' mental health. Look out for these monthly broadcasts through 2017. Find out more about the Brighter Berkshire campaign. Find out more about the Brighter Berkshire campaign on Twitter. Sign up to the Brighter Berkshire mailing list

The Reading Borough Health and Wellbeing Board meets in the Council Chamber at the Civic Offices, Bridge Street, at 2pm on Friday, 24th March 2017. Topics to be addressed include the BOB STP, the Berkshire Suicide Prevention Strategy, the Connected Care strategy and aspects of Public Health. Click here for the agenda. Click here for the full papers for the meeting.

South Reading Patient Voice will meet at 6pm on Wednesday, 29 th March 2017 at RCLC, 94, London Street RG1 4SJ to hear how patient records will become accessible from all treatment sites through the Connected Care programme from Project Manager John Devine. We will also hear news from Patient Participation Groups around the CCG area and from Healtwatch Reading.

We understand that the two practices at Milman Road are likely to merge. Melrose Surgery is also likely to merge with London Road Surgery, followed by closure of London Road Surgery - patients of London Road Surgery may be able to choose whether to transfer to Melrose Surgery, or Kennet, Pembroke or Eldon Road practices.

GP surgeries in Reading are working in groups to provide larger units which can offer additional treatments and services and extended hours. University Medical Group already unites the Northcourt Avenue and Whitley Villa surgeries. South Reading and Shinfield Practice has been proposed to join the group. All the other surgeries in the South Reading CCG area are organised into the South Reading Alliance. This contains three clusters of practices. Each cluster will make arrangements for extended hours and additional services.