The Primary Care Commissioning Committee for Berkshire West (Newbury and District, Reading and Wokingham) will meet at 1pm on Wednesday, 10th April 2019 at the Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JZ. For full details please see the CCG web page on this meeting. It is necessary to register by noon on the day before the meeting in order to attend. Please also consult that web page for details on submitting questions to the committee.

South Reading Patient Voice meets at 6pm on Wednesday, 27th February 2019 at 94, London Road RG1 4SJ. Victoria Parker, director of communications and public engagement for the Berkshire West integrated Care System will speak and answer questions. Please look through the attached presentation on development of primary care before the meeting. We will also discuss local matters. Please bring along any news of your Patient Participation Group (PPG) or local GP practice.

Luton Council - which had been a partner in the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System (ICS) has pulled out, according to Health Service Journal, claiming that the ICS disempowered local decisions. Nottingham City Council also suspended its direct ICS involvement in November 2018. In Berkshire West, neither the South Central Ambulance Trust nor local authorities are partners in the Integrated Care System at present.

The Berkshire West Integrated Care System has launched its website .

Utulivu and ACRE Reading are hosting a conference on International Zero Tolerance Day to Female Genital Mutilation - Friday 8th February 2019. The conference runs from 10.30am to 2.30pm at the Reading Hilton Hotel Reading RG2 0GQ. To attend phone 0789063643 or 01189 510 279 or email info@utulivu.co.uk or info@acre-reading.org See poster attached below.

NHS England has published its long term plan which covers the next ten years. Five of these years were covered by the recent funding settlement, giving an average uplift of 3.4% per year. The plan is 136 pages long, but you can read a 2 page summary here. The King's Fund has published a useful longer summary and comment on the plan here. The NHS long term plan relies on a workforce plan and plans for training and for public health, which are not yet available.

The film "Resilience" will be shown at St John's School, Orts Road, Reading at 17.30pm on 9th January 2019. It deals with the findings of research on the effects of childhood trauma on later mental health and how communities that have recognised this have improved child and adolescent mental health. To attend please book on Eventbrite. The showing is organised by an informal group of clinicians and other professionals who are working to establish childhood trauma recognition in Reading, please see attached document.

South Reading Patient Voice holds its AGM on Wednesday, 28th October at RCLC, 94, London Street, RG1 4SJ. There wlll be a review of the year, election of officers and reports from Healthwatch and Patient Participant Groups.

Carers rights and support are featured at Greyfriars Hall, Friar Street, RG1 1EH on Friday, 30th November 2018 from 10am to 3pm. To book or for further information call the Carers Hub on 0118 324 7333 or email askhub@berkshirecarershub.orf

The King's Fund, the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation have worked together to produce the attached report on the NHS workforce.