Health

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for an 'Innovation in Practice' award in the UK Parkinson's Excellence Network Awards

Pupils at a Newbury school covered more than 10,000km collectively as they celebrated the importance of health and wellbeing.

Healthwatch West Berkshire is encouraging Coronavirus testing as people return to work, school and college.

Covid testing at a laboratory in Wolverhampton has been suspended following reports of false negative PCR test results.

The council has been criticised after taking more than a week to announce false negative Covid tests at Newbury Showground.

The Newbury Weekly News has spoken to a number of residents who first raised the alarm about false negatives at the Newbury Showground site.

Newbury Library is currently hosting a major photography exhibition showcasing ground-breaking NHS research taking place across the Thames Valley.

People living in the poorest parts of West Berkshire and Wokingham will live seven years less of healthy life compared to those living in rich areas.

Children from the poorest areas of West Berkshire are more likely to experience severe mental health problems than those from the richest areas.

West Berkshire Community Hospital is to receive £3m from the Government for enhancements to health testing services.

Runners went the extra mile on Sunday as they took to Newbury racecourse for Cancer Research.

A Tilehurst Village Surgery GP has been found to have been at fault in the care of a woman – with her family claiming it impacted on her human rights.

A Newbury supermarket has launched a campaign to increase uptake of the flu jab by those most at risk.

Special measures were put into place by inspectors after the report was made.

A Newbury-based logistics firm has created a division designed to manage the controlled transportation of pharmaceuticals and life-saving drugs.

A West Berkshire project will continue to fight period poverty after receiving a grant from a regional housebuilder.

Boots has opened flu jab bookings early, with slots for both NHS and private patients, saying it's preparing for a 'potential flu epidemic'.

A Newbury couple have started a petition to add more food items to UK allergen labelling rules.

A Newbury man reunited with the woman who saved his life to commemorate the one year anniversary of the event.

A Newbury man has urged the government to fix the error that means people have had a dose of the Covid vaccine that hasn't been approved by the EU.