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But what about social care in West Berkshire? New findings from The King's Fund show that public satisfaction with the National Health Service has dropped to its lowest level on record. Only 1 in 5 people (21%) say they are satisfied with how the NHS is running, with long waits, staffing pressures and access challenges continuing to impact people’s experiences. But there’s another part of the system that people feel even more concerned about, and it often gets less attentio

A new national plan – the Neighbourhood Health Framework has recently been published, and sets out how health and care services could be reorganised around local communities. Rather than focusing on individual services like GP practices or hospitals, the aim is to build a “neighbourhood” model of care , where support is planned and delivered around the needs of local people. What’s changing? At the heart of the framework is a shift in how services work together. It focuses o

What does it mean for you? Plans for the future of NHS buildings could see hospitals becoming smaller and more specialised, with more care delivered in local communities instead. A senior official from the Department of Health and Social Care recently outlined how new hospitals should be designed to provide only the services that truly need to happen in a hospital setting, with everything else moving closer to where people live. This approach sits within the government’s wid