Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the Mental health and Community Care NHS provider for Berkshire, holds it AGM at 2pm on Wednesday 28th September in the Recital Room, South Hill Park Ringmead, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7PA Please click here for information on getting to South Hill Park Please click here for information on disabled access in South Hill Park 

Reading Health and Wellbeing Board will meet at 2pm in the Council Chamber of the Civic Centre on Bridge Street on Friday, 7th October 2022. Questions should be submitted a couple of weeks in advance to Nicky.Simpson@reading.gov.uk It will be possible to attend remotely - please email nicky.simpson@reading.gov.uk to request access.

BOB Integrated Care System has announced its Place directors for the component places, Berkshire West, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Sarah Webster, formerly Director of Operations at the Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, will be Interim Place director for Berkshire West. We understand that this role takes on delegated commissioning functions from BIB Integrated Care Board within Berkshire West, which will engage Sarah and her staff with the NHS trust executives, local authority representatives, Healthwatch and third sector representatives across Berkshire West.

The Mail Online reported on 22nd July 2022 that the number of full-time equivalent GPs has declined by 1,700 since 2015.

NHS England has told hospital trust chief executives to "find space" for emergency patients so that ambulance waits can be kept below 30 minutes. Another opportunity for Britain's space research effort. But will this result in few elective operations being performed? Or less caution about transmitting Covid to patients?