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Healthcare charity Sue Ryder has been awarded a major new NHS contract to grow its compassionate palliative and end-of-life care services across Wokingham Borough, Reading, Newbury and South Oxfordshire.    Starting in January 2026, the new services will help more local people living with life-limiting conditions access palliative and end-of-life care to manage their symptoms, provide comfort, and improve their quality of life, often in their own home.  These services include

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The NHS is launching a new online hospital service, called NHS Online, designed to make it quicker and easier for people to access specialist care without always needing to visit a hospital in person. It will begin seeing its first patients next year, aiming to modernise healthcare by using digital technology, while still keeping face-to-face appointments available for those who need or prefer them. What will NHS Online do? Patients will be able to: Be referred by their GP to