The four CCGs in Berkshire West didn't have their Pioneer bid selected by the Department of Health, according to Health Service Journal. Pioneer status brings non-financial benefits to help the integration of social and NHS care in the CCG areas. 4 selected bids of the winning 14 were from London, double the proportionate number, none from the Thames Valley.. The winning sites were
- South Devon and Torbay
- North West London
- Worcestershire
- Cornwall
- Islington
- Waltham Forest, East London and the City
- Greenwich
- Leeds
- South Tyneside
- Staffordshire
- Southend
- Cheshire
- Barnsley
- Kent
We extend our consolations to those who put so much into our local bid. We can hope that the great effort and resource put into our local bid will not go to waste but will inform an increasingly stronger integration of social and health care across Berkshire West, as we already see forming up in Reading.