Editing Reading, Berkshire (section)

===Healthcare===
The principal [[National Health Service]] (NHS) hospital in Reading is the [[Royal Berkshire Hospital]], founded in 1839 and much enlarged and rebuilt since.<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Berkshire Hospital|url=http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/about_us/our_locations/royal_berkshire_hospital.aspx?theme=Patient|publisher=[[National Health Service|NHS]]|access-date=11 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721051342/http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/about_us/our_locations/royal_berkshire_hospital.aspx?theme=Patient|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> A second major NHS [[general hospital]], the [[Battle Hospital]], closed in 2005.<ref name=bhhist>{{cite web | url = http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/news/book-launch-battle-hospital-history.php | title = Book Launch: Battle Hospital History | work=[[Royal Berkshire Hospital]]|publisher=[[National Health Service|NHS]]| access-date =25 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222759/http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/news/book-launch-battle-hospital-history.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref> [[Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust]] runs a NHS hospital, Prospect Park Hospital, which specialises in the provision of care for people with mental health and learning disabilities.<ref name=pphosp>{{cite web | url = http://www.berkshirehct.nhs.uk/index.asp | title = Welcome to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust | work = [[Royal Berkshire Hospital]] | publisher = [[National Health Service|NHS]] | access-date = 25 April 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070417233037/http://www.berkshirehct.nhs.uk/index.asp | archive-date = 17 April 2007 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Reading has three private hospitals: the Berkshire Independent Hospital in [[Coley Park]], the Dunedin Hospital situated on the main [[A4 road (Great Britain)|A4]] [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] Road, and the [[Circle (healthcare partnership)|Circle Hospital]] at Kennet Island.<ref name=caprh>{{cite web | title = Capio Reading Private Hospital | url = http://www.capio.co.uk/Find+a+hospital/chooseyourhospital/CapioHospitals/Capio+Reading+Hospital.htm | publisher=Capio Healthcare UK | access-date =25 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070315084814/http://www.capio.co.uk/Find+a+hospital/chooseyourhospital/CapioHospitals/Capio+Reading+Hospital.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 15 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How to find Spire Dunedin Hospital|url=http://www.spirehealthcare.com/dunedin/Find-or-Contact-Us/|publisher=Spire Healthcare|access-date=25 June 2011|archive-date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516040842/http://www.spirehealthcare.com/dunedin/Find-or-Contact-Us/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.circlepartnership.co.uk/about-circle/media/mri-milestone-in-circlereading-construction | title = MRI Milestone in CircleReading construction | publisher = Circle Holdings plc | access-date = 29 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106214131/http://www.circlepartnership.co.uk/about-circle/media/mri-milestone-in-circlereading-construction | archive-date = 6 November 2012 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>