The board of the South Reading NHS Clinical Commissioning Group meets in public at 12:30pm - 16pm on Wednesday, 18th December at the the Reading Voluntary Association (RVA) at 16-18 Duke Street (entrance at the side of the Futon shop). The agenda and papers for the meeting will be available on the 11th December.

Reading's Health and Wellbeing Board meets in public on Friday 13th December at 2pm in the Kennet Room at the Civic Centre. The meeting will hear about

Readng Community Learning Centre will be making 17th December - 19th December, Nepali Health work. The centre is at 10, Eaton Place, Reading RG1 7LP. Look out for health information and blood pressure checks. The activities are free but nurse appointments must be made. See the attached poster below.

In an effort to prepare for winter demand for health care, the Department for Health is distributing additional funds to commissioning groups to support A&E departments. A first tranche of 250 million was distributed to groups using A&E departments considered under greatest risk of breaching targets .South Reading and Berkshire West (using A&E at the Royal Berks Hospital) were not included in this group. A second tranche of 150 million is being distributed to 157 further CCGs to support winter emergencies.

The four CCGs in Berkshire West didn't have their Pioneer bid selected by the Department of Health, according to Health Service Journal. Pioneer status brings non-financial benefits to help the integration of social and NHS care in the CCG areas. 4 selected bids of the winning 14 were from London, double the proportionate number, none from the Thames Valley.. The winning sites were