Western Berkshire CCGs will be hosting a discussion meeting for patients to give their views on the Musculoskeletal service which is being reviewed by the 4 CCGs of Western Berkshire at present. The meeting will be held at NHS 57-59, Bath Road, RG30 2BA from 4pm to 6pm on Monday 15th May. The site is served by bus route JetBlack 1 coming from Reading - the 15.25pm service from Blagrave Street stop EP should be suitable. There is also free parking at the site, although spaces can be difficult to find.

The Patients' Association has started its election campaign "Vote 4 The NHS" with a campaign website covering the positions of parties on the NHS and related news and an email newsletter that you can sign up to. The five headline priorities of the Patients' Association for this election are:

Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 runs from 8th May to 14th May. In Reading we have quite a few events for this week. 

South Reading Patient Voice will be meeting at 6pm on Wednesday, 26th April at 94, London Street, Reading RG14SJ - Reading Community Learning Centre. We will discuss holding a Health and Social Care Hustings in the General Election and what sort of questions should be put to the candidates. We will also hear news from local practices PPGs and from Reading Healthwatch.

Western Berkshire CCGs are consulting on their implementation of the nationally announced policy of ending the prescription of certain common medicines and special foods - such as paracetamol and gluten-free foods.You can answer a consultation on this by clicking here . The consultation also asks about changes and restrictions on repeat prescriptions and on the prescribing of vitamins, suplements, sunscreen and camouflage preparations. The consultation ends on 28th April 2017.