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22 Apr 2015
Cumbria Technology Enabled Care Event
Find out about the latest developments in technology enabled health and social care products and services and to talk about how we can use technology…
13 Apr 2015
Breaking the silence on mental health
What can we do to reduce the stigma and inequalities facing rural people experiencing mental distress? Jessica Sellick investigates. According to Defra’s Statistical Digest of…
10 Feb 2015
Active People Survey Analysis 8
The Active People Survey tracks the number of people taking part in sport at region, county sport partnership and local authority level. We have used…
02 Feb 2015
Government under pressure on funding
THE Rural Services Network is continuing to pile on the pressure after a government minister agreed there was “still more to do” to rectify a…
18 Jan 2015
Call for reversal of GP funding cuts
CUTS in health funding that could see scores of GP surgeries close must be reversed, says a rural charity. Changes to the Minimum Practice Income…
13 Jan 2015
Launch of the NHS Commissioning Assembly Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) resource for commissioners
Technologies such as telehealth, telecare, telemedicine, telecoaching and self-care apps have the potential to transform the way people engage in and control their own healthcare,…
20 Jul 2014
University leads rural health project
AN initiative to improve health services in rural communities is being led by the University of Cumbria. The Cumbria Rural Health Forum (CRHF) has been…
13 Jul 2014
Slower response times for ambulances
AMBULANCES are taking longer to reach people with life-threatening conditions, suggest statistics released by NHS England. Six of England’s eleven ambulance trust England’s ambulance services…
25 Jun 2014
Reduction in GP funding puts entire NHS at risk, BMA conference to hear
Below is a snippet from article take from the Guardian: Patients are being put at risk by “brutal disinvestment” in general practice and are now…
23 May 2014
GPs warn ‘surgeries will close without more NHS funding’
Below is a snippet from article take from the Independent: GP leaders have warned that patient care “from Cumbria to London’s East End” is under…
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