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A fair deal on health and social care

Health and Social Care Blog
05.05.2020

Health and Social Care Blog

by Kerry Booth - Rural Services Network Assistant Chief Executive Who could have foreseen when I wrote the last Health and Social Care Spotlight (February 2020) the situation we would now find ourselves in?  ...

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RSN champions pandemic related rural issues with Government
04.05.2020

RSN champions pandemic related rural issues with Government

The below article written by RSN Chairman Cecilia Motley is featured in this months Local Government First . The response to coronavirus needs to consider the different issues facing rural areas – from poorer digital connectivity to...

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Health and Social Care Spotlight - May 2020
04.05.2020

Health and Social Care Spotlight - May 2020

This newsletter on rural health is provided for the RSN and the Rural Health and Care Alliance It includes a roundup of rural health news, research, learning and best practice. If you have any information you wish to share with other...

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COVID-19 death rates 'could be 80% higher in rural communities'
27.04.2020

COVID-19 death rates 'could be 80% higher in rural communities'

The Evening Standard published a study which has predicted significantly higher levels of COVID-19 fatalities in rural locations due to larger ageing populations The analysis found that death rates could be up to 80 per cent higher if the...

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Rural organisations call for lockdown travel guidelines to be reviewed
27.04.2020

Rural organisations call for lockdown travel guidelines to be reviewed

Several news outlets including the BBC, Yorkshire Post and Sky, report on calls from rural groups against recent advice to police forces that it is lawful to drive somewhere to exercise, including a trip to the countryside The groups...

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RSN make contact with the Government on exit strategy and the implications for rural communities
20.04.2020

RSN make contact with the Government on exit strategy and the implications for rural communities

The Rural Services Network has written to The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) along with other key rural organisations to open discussions regarding the Covid-19 exit strategy and the implications for rural communities....

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The remote and rural hospitals at threat from coronavirus
06.04.2020

The remote and rural hospitals at threat from coronavirus

The health publication HSJ reports that the coronavirus outbreak is currently a highly regionalised feature in the UK This means that hospitals in more remote areas, often with older populations more susceptible to serious illness, are more at risk...

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Rural ‘hospital deserts’ at most risk of being overwhelmed
30.03.2020

Rural ‘hospital deserts’ at most risk of being overwhelmed

Sky News reports on research published by Oxford University's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science that warns of potential ‘hospital deserts’ - areas where demand for beds for coronavirus patients is likely to outstrip supply as the illness spreads Currently,...

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Rural areas inundated with visitors escaping COVID-19
23.03.2020

Rural areas inundated with visitors escaping COVID-19

Sky News have detailed how  Britons are increasingly ignoring advice to stay home and are using the countryside as an escape from coronavirus Cumbria Police said the Lake District was among the places experiencing an "influx" of visitors...

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Rural Public Health funding
23.03.2020

Rural Public Health funding

Local authorities (upper tier and unitary) are responsible for improving the health of their local population and reducing health inequalities In 2020/21 the total public health grant to local authorities will be £3.279bn, increasing from £3.134bn in 2019/20. The...

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