According to Healthwatch Reading the troubled Circuit Lane surgery (part of the North and West Reading Clinical Commissioning locality), which has been in special measures for some time and has been the subject of much dissatisfaction is to be taken over by the well regarded Western Elms practice.
The agenda for the Health and Well-being Board meeting of 16th March 2018 shows a motion to include a representative of Reading Voluntary Action as a non-voting member of the Reading Health and Well-being Board.
NHS England has declared 16 - 22 April 2018 as Diabetes Prevention Week.
According to an article in the Financial Times of 1st March 2018 UK life expectancy, which has been rising steadily since the 1860s, has fallen back in 2015 and 2017. Compared with 2014 life expectancies for males at age 65 are 10 months shorter and life expectancies for females at age 65 are 12 months shorter.
The Governing Body of South Reading CCG meets in public for the last time before the merger of the 4 Berkshire West CCGs on Wednesday, 7th March 2018 at 9.30am at the Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX. To attend, please register at this link. Questions should be submitted in advance by email to ppiteam.berkshirewest@nhs.net . The telephone alternative to emails is 0118 982 2706.
The Berkshire West Primary Care Commissioning Committee meets at the Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, RG5 4JZ in Woodley, Wokingham at 1pm on Wednesday, 14th March 2018. To attend, please register via this link. Questions for the board must be submitted by 5pm on Monday 12th to ppiteam.berkshirewest@nhs.net.
The Reading Health and Wellbeing Board meets at 2pm on Friday, 16th March in the Council Chamber at the Civic Offices on Bridge Street. Questions for the board should be sent to Nicky Simpson, the Board administrator at Reading Borough Council . Papers will be available about a week before the meeting.
MEETING CANCELLED OWING TO COLD WEATHER AND FORECAST OF SNOW
South Reading Patient Voice will be meeting at 6pm on 28th February 2018 at Reading Community Learning Centre, 94, London Street, RG1 4SJ. We will hear presentations from members on a number of subjects: "Causes of Morning Sickness", "The Role of School Nurse", "What our Integrated Care System is doing". We will also discuss future work and hear about the work of local Patient Participation Groups, Reading Healthwatch and other news from the local health economy.
If interested please book for the conference at this link .
At least we can hope that this will be a friendly event!