Responding to Wednesday's Budget statement, Rachel Power, Chief Executive of the Patients Association, said: Patients, their families and carers will not have been reassured by the Chancellors commitments in this week's Budget." "He has rightly recognised that the current NHS funding settlement is inadequate, but he has fumbled his response: his cash injection will be inadequate for next year, and there is no sign of a shift to the sustainable long-term settlement for health and social care that we so desperately need.

South Reading Patient Voice will be meeting at 6pm on Wednesday, 25th October at the Reading Community Learning Centre, 94, London Street, RG1 4SJ. Our speakers will be Kim Seabrook and two others from Arthritis Matters, a local charity. We will also hear news from Healthwatch and from Patient Participation Groups as well as about the local health economy.

South Reading Patient Voice will be meeting at 6pm on Wednesday, 27th September at 94, London Street, Reading RG14SJ - Reading Community Learning Centre. We will hear a talk from David Cooper - until recently Lead Governor at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Trust. We will also discuss our response to the proposal to merge Berkshire West CCGs and create an Accountable Care System, news from local Patient Participation Groups and the local health economy.

South Reading Patient Voice will be meeting at 6pm on Wednesday, 26th July at 94, London Street, Reading RG14SJ - Reading Community Learning Centre. We will hear a talk from Lynda McAdam GP Chair of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, about the range of nursing services that are now being delivered in the community. We will also discuss news from local Patient Participation Groups and the local health economy.

South Reading Patient Voice will be meeting at 6pm on Wednesday, 28th June at 94, London Street, Reading RG14SJ - Reading Community Learning Centre. We will hear a talk from Dr Bu Thava, GP Chair of the South Reading CCG Governing Body, about the challenges facing the CCG and how it plans to deal with them. We will also discuss news from local Patient Participation Groups and the local health economy.