Reading Patient Voice Group will meet at 6pm on Wednesday 21st October online via MS TEAMS and in person in Committe Room 4a of the Reading Civic Offices on Bridge Street. We will hear a talk by Beverley Nicholson of Reading Adult Social Care about their pilot study on neighbourhood health for the frail elderly. We will also discuss local healthcare and wider developments. All welcome. Agenda and login details to follow.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, our NHS supplier of community healthcare and mental health care services, will hold its AGM at 2pm-3.15pm on Wednesday, 23rd September 2026 online.

To attend, please register here

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Berkshire's mental health and community care trust, has been recognised by NHS England as an advanced foundation trust on 1st June 2026. This recognises high-performing NHS trusts and foundation trusts that demonstrate strong capability and performance, providing greater operational autonomy and financial flexibility to support reinvestment in patient care.

The Chief Medical Officer for England has issued guidance on the benefits of exercise and how to take it. 

THe NHS has published and promulgated new standards for communication with patients referred for treatment. The full account can be found here.  The news item can be found here.

The 8 new standards are: