The Berkshire West Primary Care Committee meets virtually from 1pm to 4pm on Wednesday 8th July. Practice performance (QOF) and the renewal of the Walk-In Centre contract are among the topics to be discussed. The meeting is being help over the Microsoft Teams application. Members of the public who wish to attend, are able to dial in to listen using these details: +44 20 3321 5208. Conference ID: 503 447 053#.

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.