South Reading Patient Voice will be at Southcote Wellbeing Day. We are hoping to talk to people about unmet need from the NHS.
The national inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 has published draft terms of reference for.consultation. The consultation is open until 7th April. For more about this click here .
South Reading Patient Voice meets at 6pm on Wed 16th March 2022 online via Zoom. Alison Foster, MA, RMN, Programme Director - Building Berkshire Together - Hospital Redevelopment will talk about
the Royal Berkshire Redevelopment Programme.
To attend please contact Information Officer, Tom Lake
The combined Primary Care Commissioning Committees of the BOB Integrated Care System meet from 10am - 12noon on Thursday 17th March.
To observe the meeting please click on this link .
See below for papers.
Reading's Health and Wellbeing board meets at 2pm on Friday 18th March 2022 via Microsoft Teams.
The agenda covers Covid-19 impact, matters relating to the organisation of the nascent Integrated Care System, integrated working between local authority and NHS, the new joint Health and Wellbeing strategy for Berkshire West as a whole, an update on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment an input to NHS planning and the state of health in Reading.
To observe the meeting please email NIcky Simpson at nicky.simpson@reading.gov.uk
South Reading Patient Voice meets at 6pm on Wednesday, 16th February to discuss matters relating to our local NHS.
Currently UK Health Security Agency publishes Covid-19 case counts for England by giving the number of first infections only. But with Omicron variant many people are being re-infected.
From 31st January 2022 the case count will count episodes of Covid-19 infection. A new episode starts with a Covid-19 positive test more than 90 days from the last positive Covid-19 test.
Click here for the formal announcement.
NHS ENgland has set priorities for 2022/3 in a planning guidance document issued on Christmas eve .
The 10 priorities are as follows:
NHS England has issued details of the changes to GP incentives to support the Covid-19 vaccination campaign. Some QOF incentive payments will be based on prior years performance. Other funds are diverted to the Covid-19 vaccination campaign provided all practices in a Primary Care network sign up to participate actively by 10th December. The changes persist until April 2022.
A panel convened by the organisation "Keep Orur NHS Public" has heard evidence on the Government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Its report is published under the title "Misconduct in Public Office". Please see the document linked below.