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Report: Empowering young women: improving sexual health awareness and services
Written by the Healthwatch team This report highlights the experiences and feedback of young women (aged 16-24) across Wokingham Borough...
Apr 1


New Royal Berkshire Hospital delayed
On 20th January, the Government announced that the [much-needed] rebuild of Royal Berkshire Hospital on a new site has been delayed by at...
Feb 3


Wokingham Borough Council want your views on local pharmacies
Every three years Wokingham Borough Council conducts a survey to fnd out how residents access and use pharmacy services across the...
Jan 29


Winner of the Community Education Award!
We are thrilled to announce that we, in collaboration with Healthwatch Reading, have been honoured with a Community Education Award at...
Jan 3

Happy Christmas from Healthwatch Wokingham Borough
Health information and advice during the festive season, from pharmacy opening times to adult safeguarding concerns, can be found here.
Dec 23, 2024

Health support and advice over Christmas and New Year
We've created this webpage to offer up-to-date information on local services Christmas opening times, information and support....
Dec 5, 2024


South Reading Practice has been awarded the contract to continue running Shinfield Medical Centre.
We have been informed by the head of Primary Care Operations of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West that South Reading...
Oct 22, 2024


Help fix the NHS in England
The Government is asking you for your ideas on fixing the NHS via an online platform Change NHS , and also on the NHS app. Whether you...
Oct 21, 2024


GP access report now live: key findings and recommendations
We are excited to announce the release of our report on GP access and the new ways of working across Berkshire West, following...
Oct 9, 2024

NHS 111 now offers mental health crisis support 24/7
Millions of patients experiencing a mental health crisis can now benefit from support through 111 , the NHS has announced today. The...
Aug 27, 2024


Understanding and addressing ethnic health inequalities and accessibility in Wokingham Borough: a focus on South Asian women
The South Asian population are 2-4x more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, and South Asian women have one of the lowest cervical...
Aug 6, 2024


NHS affected by global internet outage
An NHS spokesperson said : “The NHS is aware of a global IT outage and an issue with EMIS, an appointment and patient record system,...
Jul 19, 2024


Report: Learning disabilities and dentistry
Working with Caring, Listening and Supporting Partnership  (CLASP), a self-advocacy group for people with learning disabilities in...
Jul 17, 2024


Our annual report 2023-24 is out now
In our annual report, we show how listening to the voices of people living and working in Wokingham Borough is crucial in helping to make...
Jul 10, 2024


Empowering young women: improving sexual health awareness and services across the borough
We are supporting Healthwatch Youth on a project to raise awareness about women’s sexual health well-being, focusing on sexually...
Jul 4, 2024


Nov 2024: Help, I need an NHS dentist!
Residents across Wokingham Borough and communities across England have made it clear that NHS dentistry needs to be fixed – so it’s...
Jul 1, 2024
Pharmacy opening hours and NHS support this bank holiday weekend
Another May bank holiday is nearly upon us which means some GP surgeries and pharmacies will be closed, and the opening hours of other...
May 21, 2024


Our workplan for 2024/2025
In February we asked people living and working in Wokingham Borough to complete our What Matters to You survey to help us plan our next...
May 15, 2024

Pharmacy opening hours: 6th May Bank Holiday
There is just one pharmacy open across the borough this coming Bank Holiday Monday. The details are correct at the time of publishing but...
May 3, 2024


NHS prescriptions rise to nearly £10
Today the cost of an NHS prescription will increase to nearly £10, rising from £9.65 to £9.90 per item in England. A 12-month...
May 1, 2024
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