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16 Oct 2018

Rural Health & care Alliance Launches at the House of Commons

Tackling the Challenges of Rural Health & Care Tuesday 16th October: A new membership organisation dedicated to rural health and care across England is being…

15 Oct 2018

RSN Economic Profiling Service – Summer 2018

– Unemployment Claimant Flows as an Indicator of Economic Performance JSA claimant flows analysis (September 18) JSA claimants as percentage of working population analysis (March…

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15 Oct 2018

Spotlight on Rural Housing – October 2018

A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of…

15 Oct 2018

Loneliness GP strategy announced

On Monday 15th, the Prime Minister launched a cross-Government strategy to tackle loneliness. As part of the plan GPs will be able to refer patients…

15 Oct 2018

Report uncovers growing health crisis

The Care Quality Commission annual report has highlighted growing waiting lists, A&E delays and record dissatisfaction levels with GPs, according to the BBC. The patient…

15 Oct 2018

Local bus journeys at a 12-year low

New figures from the Department of Transport show that the number of local bus journeys has fallen to a 12-year low, according to the Guardian.…

15 Oct 2018

Over a million people live in “food deserts”

The Guardian reported on a study by the Social Market Foundation think tank and Kellogg’s, revealing that more than a million people in the UK…

15 Oct 2018

Rural housing crisis solutions

PoliticsHome reported on a fringe event at the Conference organised by the CPRE and the National Housing Federation looking at the best way to increase…

08 Oct 2018

Cautious welcome for social care funding

On Tuesday 2nd of October the Health Secretary announced additional £240m funding for social care. Funding to local authorities will be payable in 2018-19 to…

08 Oct 2018

Smart Rural Transport Areas (SMARTA) Project

Introduction SMARTA is an international research and demonstration project which is developing new insights into the challenges faced by rural communities across the world in…