Get involved
The Trust listens to feedback on patient
experience and values patient and carer input to services.
Patients and carers can get involved in
improving and developing services at the Trust in a number of
ways:
- By joining the partnership panel
- By taking part in ad-hoc projects and initiatives
- By joining the Register of Readers to review patient
information leaflets
- By becoming a Foundation Trust member
Register of Readers
The Register of Readers is a group of people who have previous
experience of the Trust’s services and have volunteered to read new
and revised patient information written by Trust staff. This
information may be about medical conditions, treatments, where to
get support or may be general leaflets about the Trust’s facilities
and services.
If you agree to be on the Register of Readers, the Patient
Information Manager will contact you and send you the information
(usually by email but by post if requested) for evaluation and will
ask you to return any feedback within two weeks. If you are unable
to respond because of other commitments, you can let the Patient
Information Manager know so they can find another reader.
Occasionally, you may be asked if you can evaluate some information
within a shorter timescale as the information may be urgently
required.
If you would like to join the Register of Readers, please e-mail
the Patient Information Manager
(jane.burnett@royalberkshire.nhs.uk) stating if there are any areas
you are particularly interested in, e.g. diabetes, surgery, elderly
care, paediatrics, women’s health etc.
Alternatively, telephone 0118 322 8706 or write to:
Patient Information Manager
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust,
London Road,
Reading RG1 5AN
Become a member of the Trust
The key element of NHS Foundation Trust status is to provide a
means through which local people can legitimately become involved
in the democratic process of influencing how their health services
are shaped and provided. This is achieved through the creation of a
membership community, to which the Trust is accountable through a
Council of Governors.
Becoming a Foundation Trust member will give you an opportunity
to become involved and play a part, share your views and influence
the way the hospital is run and support the Trust, ensuring that
your ideas are considered in the development of services.
The system will be developed to accommodate all types of
interest. Public members may be from special interest groups,
independent 'activists' who want to bring their skills to their
local hospital or from 'armchair' supporters who, like many of our
patients or relatives just have an interest in supporting their
local hospital.
To find out more about becoming a Foundation Trust member or to
fill out an application form visit the Members section.
Contact us
Patient Relations team
Level 2 Main Entrance
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
London Road
Reading RG1 5AN
0118 322 8338
talktous@royal
berkshire.nhs.uk