Reading, Burghfield, Mortimer, Pangbourne and Theale played Beat the Street for 8 weeks from 29 April 24 June. 23,9992 residents in 84 teams travelled 306,740 miles. This released 4000 to Royal Berks Charity. Congratulations to The Hill Primary and Yoga Reading who topped the two tables. Read the full report here, The NHS 5-year plan depends essentially on better participation in preventive health from everyone - so let's keep on walking and cycling to stay in better health.
Immediate cuts of 7% to Public Health budgets were announced early in June. Many people do not realise that the current five-year NHS forward plan - which proposes 24 billion of efficiency savings over 5 years - depends on progress in preventive health. Preventive health is a major responsibility of NHS Public Health authorities - which are now integrated with local authorities. This makes the acheivement of the 5-year plan even more challenging.
"Diabetes Care" in South Reading will be the topic when Dr Richard Croft, diabetes lead for Berkshire West federation, addresses the group on Wednesday, 24th June at 6:15pm at the Reading community Learning Centre, 94, London Street, RG1 4SJ.
