Reading Borough Council's Health and Wellbeing Board - which has a remit to bring together the local health and social care economy - is holding an extra meeting at short notice at 6pm on Tuesday, 14th June 2016 in Committee Rooms 4A and 4B at the Civic Offices. The meeting appears to be to review plans which are due to be finalised before the next planned meeting.

By withdrawing its offer to sell land at 17, Craven Road the Royal Berks Hospital Trust has stopped a project to build a multi-practice, high-facility GP medical centre in south-east Reading. The primary care strategy for South Reading CCG area (most of Reading south of the Thames) envisages collaborations and mergers between GP practices to meet increased demand and patient expectations for services and access. Patients can benefit when doctors specialise and share the responsibilities of running a practice. And patients could use a broader range of services out of hospital.

There will be a discussion about developments in primary care. The set of questions posed as starters is: 

On Tuesday 14th June from 2pm to 4pm at St Laurence's Church, Friar Street, the two Reading CCGs will be laying out changes planned for GP services and for services for older people and will answer your questions on these topics and on other major changes coming in the local NHS. This is a consultation meeting covering major changes to come in our local health and social care. Don't miss your chance to hear about them and to provide you views on changes to GP services, to the care of older people and on other major changes to come.

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