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Rural Health and Wellbeing

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Shropshire rural care staff hit by rising fuel costs
01.08.2022

Shropshire rural care staff hit by rising fuel costs

BBC Shropshire reports that the rising cost of fuel is contributing to a lack of staff in rural areas, according to Shropshire carer Ash Turner Compensation for mileage no longer cover costs for running a vehicle for staff such...

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New Programme in Remote and Rural Medicine at University of Central Lancashire
01.08.2022

New Programme in Remote and Rural Medicine at University of Central Lancashire

Remote & Rural Medicine, MSc - UCLan Are you a clinician working or aspiring to work in Remote and/or Rural settings? Our Remote and Rural Medicine programme, designed with the needs of busy working clinicians in mind, will...

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Report demonstrates the importance of working with patients to reduce digital health inequalities
27.07.2022

Report demonstrates the importance of working with patients to reduce digital health inequalities

The Patients Association chair the Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health and in May we published a report based on research and case studies of good practice in combatting digital health inequalities that demonstrates the importance...

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Rural and Coastal Areas Facing Serious Health Challenges
27.07.2022

Rural and Coastal Areas Facing Serious Health Challenges

Patrick Mitchell, Director of Innovation, Digital and Transformation, Health Education England A combination of worsening health, ageing populations, social deprivation, and workforce staffing issues are leaving health and care services in rural and coastal areas facing serious challenges....

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“Are you thinking about suicide?”
27.07.2022

“Are you thinking about suicide?”

By Fiona Bone, Suicide Prevention Lead at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust Asking directly is absolutely the right thing to do if you are worried about someone. And with just over 50 people who work in farming taking...

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Boom in elderly in rural areas ‘increasing pressure on social care services’
18.07.2022

Boom in elderly in rural areas ‘increasing pressure on social care services’

The Evening Standard reports analysis by the County Council Network (CCN) revealed that the number of over-65s living in county and rural areas has increased by a million over the past decade The CCN raised concerns that the demographic...

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Heatwave advice from the RSN
18.07.2022

Heatwave advice from the RSN

After a week of high temperatures across the UK, the Met Office has issued a very rare amber warning for much of England In many parts of the Country temperatures are expected to peak above 37 °C The...

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Dartmoor charity stopping service due to carer shortage
11.07.2022

Dartmoor charity stopping service due to carer shortage

The BBC report a Devon charity that provides care to people in their own homes is stopping its service because it cannot find enough carers North East Dartmoor Care (NEDCare), based in Moretonhampstead, said carers were leaving their...

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Older Rural Residents grow in number
04.07.2022

Older Rural Residents grow in number

The first results are in from Census 2021 and they show a worrying trend for rural service providers Rural areas have always had a greater share of over 65 residents compared to urban areas, caused in part by the...

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Up to 50% of all GP post could become vacant over the next 10 years
04.07.2022

Up to 50% of all GP post could become vacant over the next 10 years

Chronicle Live reports that new estimates by the Health Foundation suggest a quarter of posts could be vacant in the next 10 years, with a worst case scenario putting the figure at 50% The Think Tank found that the...

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Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices. 

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