The NHS Has taken on its new shape as of 1st April 2013 as the Clinical Commissioning Groups take over most procurement of hospital and other secondary level health services.
South Reading Patient Voice will meet on Wednesday 24th April at 6pm at the University Health Centre.on Northcourt Avenue.
The new shape of health service commissioning introduced by the Health and Social Care Act is already in place and fully running since 1st April 2013. But the regulations governing commissioning are still the subject of debate.
You may have heard that the NHS Direct telephone service is to be replaced by the new 111 service.
South Reading Patient Voice meetings on Wednesday 27th March at 6pm at the the University Health Centre.
A trial project to help primary school kids get active, control their weight and eat a healthy diet is being rolled out in Reading.
The Government is to withdraw and redraft proposed regulations which appeared to require Clinical Commissioning Groups to put ALL service contracts out to tender.
Royal Berkshire Hospital Consultant Carl Waldman has brought in a new technique to avoid the danger of a blood clot reaching the lungs in a patient recovering from an operation.
South Reading CCG, with the support of South Reading Patient Voice, will be holding a conference on best practice and local plans for Dementia and Elderly care on 14th May 2013 at the Shenai Rooms, London Street, Reading.
A Sivlerstar charity modible diabetes testing van is visiting the Alexandra Road Mosque on Friday, 1st March.