The University Of Reading Medical Practice

01/08/2025

To help reduce prescription medicines waste which is costing the NHS nationally £300m, check your medicines at home and expiry dates – only order what you need; see below for more advice and support.

You cannot currently book a COVID-19 vaccination using the NHS booking service. For most people, vaccinations are only available seasonally.The COVID-19 vaccination bookings service will reopen when seasonal vaccinations are available.

21/07/2025

15/07/2025

Better Reading are hosting an open weekend across all leisure centres in Reading. Please visit the website to see what's on and book.

14/07/2025

Mounjaro Update - Limited eligibility for now

You may have heard in the news that Mounjaro can now be prescribed by GPs for weight loss.

Please be aware that only a small number of our patients will be eligible in this first rollout phase.

If you are eligible, we will contact you in July to check whether you'd like to start the treatment so please do not book an appointment to discuss this.

20/06/2025

Community Wellness Outreach The Reading Community Wellbeing Outreach (CWO) partnership project will run in Reading to the end of June 2025. The partnership is funded by the Integrated Care Board (ICB) to pilot outreach activities to reduce health inequalities for our most vulnerable communities. The...

29/05/2025

Drowning Prevention Week (DPW) is one of the largest summer water safety campaigns across the UK and Ireland. Get involved: 14 - 21 June 2025. Drowning Prevention Week (DPW) is our biggest campaign of the year, targeting families, carers, teachers and instructors of children aged five to fifteen yea...

07/05/2025

Overview ‘Ovarian cancer’ is not a singular diagnosis, rather it is an umbrella term for a multitude of different types of cancer that affect the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and the primary peritoneal cavity. It is estimated that there are more than 30 different types of ovarian cancer, and there ...

25/04/2025

Head and neck cancer is a general term that covers many different types of cancer in the head or neck area.

24/04/2025

May bank holiday pharmacy opening times for Berkshire

17/04/2025

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