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Healthwatch Reading is delighted to see the launch of a new free supervised toothbrushing programme that will support 1,800 children across Reading and help tackle rising levels of tooth decay among young children. Figures from an oral survey published in 2022 revealed that over a third of five-year-olds in Reading experience tooth decay, a rate significantly higher than the national average. 2.5% of two year olds in Reading have had one or more teeth extracted due to denta

Health leaders across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West have issued an urgent plea for eligible people to get their flu vaccine now. With flu cases already increasing rapidly nationwide and the worst of winter only weeks away, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) is calling on eligible people - especially those at risk due to an existing condition - to get vaccinated without delay. Flu vaccine helps protect against flu,

From 1 December 2025, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has temporarily stopped accepting new referrals to their Adult ADHD service. The trust said: "This difficult decision has been made in discussion with our local Integrated Care Boards (the organisations responsible for planning health services in their local area) to make sure we can continue to provide safe, effective and sustainable care for people who already use the service." "We know this news may be worryin