The Reading Covid-19 Outbreak Engagement Board meets on line at 2pm on Friday 26th February 2021. Please contact Nicky.Simpson@reading.gov.uk to take part.
Meeting of South Reading Patient Voice at 6pm, Wed 17th Feb 2021
South Reading Patient Voice will meet online at 6pm on Wed, 17th February 2021. You can join via this link There will be time for a short discussion on the NHS reforms as well as local news.
Reading Health and Welbeing Board Meets at 2pm on Friday, 22nd January 2021
Reading's Health and Wellbeing Board meets online at 2pm on Friday 22nd January 2021. Please apply to nicky.simpson@reading.gov.uk if you want to observe the meeting or have a question.
Berkshire West ICP Patient Newsletters
Here are latest patient newsletters from Berkshire West ICP:
BioNtech Pfizer Vaccine Trials - FDA Releases Data
The US Food and Drug Administration has released information on the BoiNtech/Pfizer coronavirus vaccine ahead of its meeting to consider emergency certification in the USA. It is noteworthy that the definition of a "case" is quite different from that used for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine so that the claimed efficacies are not comparable. For the BioNtech/Pfizer vaccine a swab is taken when an acute respiratory illness develops. For the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine weekly swabs are taken. These are clearly different and will result in spurious lower apparent efficacy for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
Oxford Astrazeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Results
A peer-reviewed account of the interim results of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1) trials has appeared as an article in The Lancet . 23,848 people took part. Analysis of efficacy was based on weekly self-administered postal PCR swab tests in the UK arm of the trial. Altogether 30 participants who had received the vaccine and 101 who received the control had detectable Covid-19. 10 participants were hospitalised, none of them having received the vaccine, and of them one died.
Integrated Care Systems to be Statutory by 2022
NHS England has published further details of legislative proposals to put Integrated Care Systems on a statutory basis.
Survey - How Older People use Digital Access to GP Surgeries - 160 in prizes to Be Won
South Reading Patient Voice is surveying older people in Reading to ask how they find digital access to GP surgeries. We have consulted the Berkshire West CCG on our survey. The work is supported by Berkshire Community Foundation and Reading Voluntary Action. Click to take the survey at https://healthsurvey.uk or here in Urdu at https://healthsurvey.uk/urdu or here in Polish at https://healthsurvey.uk/polskie. 
Planning Application Lodged for South Reading Surgery
The detailed plans for redevelopment of the St Paul's Church site in Whitley Wood Lane, with new church facilities and a substantial surgery building over 3 floors were submitted to Reading Borough Council in October. It is planning application 191265. View the plans for the new South Reading Health Hub
Vaccines, Covid-19, Global and Local - SRPV meets at 6pm sharp on Wednesday, 18th November 2020
South Reading Patient Voice will meet online at 6pm on Wednesday, 18th November 2020. There will be a short introduction to vaccines against Covid-19, news from local PPGs, and reports from local health providers and their public meetings. Please see the attached agenda for joining details.
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