National Centre for Rural Health and Care

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16 Feb 2026

Opportunity: Rural & Coastal Hospital Services

RSN members may wish to be aware of a new series of free-to-attend webinars being organised externally by the NHS – South West Region, the National Centre for Rural Health...

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02 Dec 2024

Rural Services Network Seminar Recap: A Focus on Rural Health and Care

The Rural Services Network (RSN) proudly hosted its final seminar of the year last week, focusing on the crucial topic of Rural Health and Care. This online event brought together...

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April Edition of Casebook from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
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18 Apr 2024

April Edition of Casebook from the Rural Health and Care Alliance

April 2024 Edition In this edition of Casebook it’s all about events! Whether they be past or still to come, online or in person there’s plenty on offer from grassroot...

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02 Oct 2023

Public Health Workforce Week: “We are burnt out but still delivering”

New findings released as part of Public Health Workforce Week reveals that stress, a lack of work-life balance and burn out are amongst the top issues facing public health professionals....

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18 Sep 2023

Call to ensure rural challenges are addressed by NHS Workforce Plan

The National Centre for Rural Health and Care has today (Tuesday 19 September) published its response to the government’s NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.  It welcomes the opportunities set out...

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22 Aug 2023

National Centre for Rural Health and Care seeks new Chair

The 2022 All Party Parliamentary Report on Rural Health and Care identified that the fifth of England’s population that live in rural areas have experienced poorer access to health and...

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24 Jul 2023

RSN calls on Government to ensure rural is not left behind in digital health care plans

Minsters, clinical leaders and health experts have been meeting to discuss how technology can help cut waiting lists and improve care for patients. Following the NHS’s 75th birthday, the NHS...

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24 Jul 2023

NHS dentists – People having to drive hundreds of miles ‘unacceptable’

Comment written by Ivan Annibal, Director of Operations at The National Centre for Rural Health & Care This story bears out the huge challenge of accessing dental care across the...

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14 Feb 2022

Rural Health and Care and Levelling-Up Press Release

The Levelling Up White Paper follows hot on the heels of the Inquiry into Rural Health and Care, launched on 1st February.  This highlighted the various significant problems experienced by...

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