The BOB integrated care system is run by its NHS Integrated Care Board but its strategy is set by a wider partnership - the BOB Integrated Care Partnership, bringing together the NHS, local authorities, voluntary and charitable organisations and others. The Integrated Care Partnership Board is now consulting on its strategic priorities for the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West health and social care system. There will be public meetings in January 2023 (to be specified) as part of the consultation. The consultation ends on 29th January.

South Reading Patient Voice will hold its first regular meeting of 2023 at 6pm on Wednesday, 8th February. This should be online via Microsoft Teams and in person in Committee Room 1 at the Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Reading RG1 2LU. We will discuss local news and patient experience and also our work plans for 2023.

All GPs now have direct access to cancer diagnostic scans, saving an intermediate referral to a hospital consultant. NHS England says, "Under the scheme, around 67,000 people who are usually diagnosed with cancer through non-urgent testing will now be eligible for fast-tracking and have a better chance of their disease being picked up at an earlier stage."

The BOB Interated Care Board meets in public from 10am to 1pm on Wed 15th November 2022. The meeting can be live streamed by clicking here .

The BOB Integrated Care Board will meet in public at 10am on Tuesday, 17th January 2023.