South Reading Patient Voice meets at 6pm on Monday 3rd October at 59, Alexandra Road or online via Zoom to hear Andrew Haydon, staff governor at the Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust talk about staff issues in the NHS. Use this link to join the meeting - no passcode.

The BOB Integrated Care Board will meet at 10.00 - 13.00 on Tuesday 27th September 2022. Papers will be available a week before the meeting. Questions relating to the agenda should be sent in advance to bobicb.enquiries@nhs.net .

The Care Quality Commission has rated the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Inadequate after an inspection of its call centres and Urgent and Emergency Care. The categories in which the trust was judged poor were safety and leadership. The CQC noted that "Some staff who raised concerns were treated badly." - a tell-tale sign of poor management. Anyone who has seen the relentlessly and unbelievably upbeat bulletins from the trust will realise that it does not have an honest relationship with the public.

The Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust holds its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 18th October at 5.30pm.

Reading's Pakistani Community Centre, at 373 London Road, RG1 3PA, will be hosting a COvid-19 Vaccine and wellbeing event from 11am to 3pm on Sunday 23rd October 2022. All welcome.