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07 Oct 2013
Rural GPs warn of ‘looming crisis’
RURAL GPs have warned of a looming crisis if attempts to attract medical graduates to become family doctors continue to have limited success. The topic…
10 Sep 2013
Rural doctors could ‘disappear’
GOVERNMENT cuts and rising workloads mean rural doctors and GP surgeries could disappear, an MP has warned. Changes to the funding formula could leave smaller…
05 Sep 2013
Rural GPs to benefit from government policy review
Below is a snippet from article take from GP Online: Rural GP practices threatened by underfunding and MPIG cuts could benefit from a cross-government review…
27 Aug 2013
Warning over health and social access in rural North Yorkshire
A GROUP which supports more than 15,000 voluntary and community groups has issued a stark warning to politicians over a decline in access to health…
13 Aug 2013
A special recipe is required for rural health and social care
Some hospitals highlighted by Keogh were hampered by geographic isolation and an inability to attract professional staff….(To read more from this article written by Jo…
14 Jul 2013
Government to ‘push cut in rural funding’
HEALTH Secretary Jeremy Hunt aims to push ahead with plans to cut funding for rural doctors, it is reported. The government wants to phase out…
09 Jul 2013
Local Health Profile and Indicators programme published
Local Health has been developed as part of the Heath Profiles programme, which is produced by Public Health England. It provides quality assured health information…
13 Feb 2013
Rates of New Cases of Malignant Melanoma per Resident Population under 75
This analysis investigates the rates of new cases of malignant melanoma per resident population under 75 Rates of new cases of malignant melanoma per resident…
14 Dec 2012
Active People Survey Analysis 6
The sixth year of the survey, Active People Survey 6, started in mid October 2011 and ran continuously for 12 months until mid October 2012.…
03 Dec 2012
Fuel poverty
A household is said to be in fuel poverty if it spends more than 10% of its income on fuel to maintain a satisfactory heating…
