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Your Questions Answered Women's Health in West Berkshire Update What’s happening with the Women’s Health Strategy? Healthwatch West Berkshire continues to monitor progress on women’s health and the development of the Women’s Health Strategy for our area. This work is ongoing, but progress has slowed due to wider organisational changes currently taking place within Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB). Has Healthwatch asked for an upd

Important Safety Information The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding everyone to check the contents of their home and workplace first aid kits. A type of bacteria called Burkholderia stabilis , which occurs naturally in the environment, has been linked to serious infections in people exposed through non-sterile alcohol-free wipes that were previously on the market. Although most healthy people face a very low risk, a total of 59 confirmed cases of infection linked

New AI note-taking tools being backed by the NHS could help doctors and nurses spend significantly more time with their patients, potentially up to a quarter more during appointments. These tools, known as ambient voice technologies , listen to clinician–patient conversations and create real-time transcriptions and clinical summaries, reducing the need for manual note-taking. NHS England is now encouraging organisations to use a new national registry of 19 approved supplier