Rural Access to Health and Care Services
Rural residents face distinct healthcare challenges, including limited access to transport, longer distances to medical facilities, an aging demographic, housing inadequacies, digital connectivity gaps, and recruitment hurdles for healthcare workers.
19 May 2023
National Rural Crime Network Conference – 27th June 2023
The National Rural Crime Network will be hosting its first Annual Rural Crime Conference on 27th June 2023. The National Rural Crime Network champions a better understanding of crime in...
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16 May 2023
Government announce primary care recovery plan for GP services
With GP surgery’s busier than ever The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP has announced a primary recovery plan which aims are to better recover from the pandemic, to cut NHS waiting lists and...
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09 May 2023
GP plan asks more patients to use pharmacies
The BBC report how more people will be able to access health services without needing to see a GP under a plan launched by officials in England It asks patients...
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02 May 2023
Police and partners hold rural crime summit
The Dorset Echo reports how Dorset Police joined with forces with partner agencies from across the South West to come together for the first time to discuss a joint approach...
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26 Apr 2023
Rural health workforce shortages
The distribution of healthcare professionals into rural areas is an issue in many parts of the country, for example in Lincoln, so it was fitting that the city’s university jointly...
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26 Apr 2023
North East based business develops innovative solution to get ahead of mental health concerns in the workplace
The importance of maintaining good mental health in the workplace has been well publicised with employers increasingly investing time and money into supporting their workforce and making efforts to reduce...
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26 Apr 2023
Changing Practice, Changing Outcomes – National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine Conference – 7 – 8 June 2023, Lake District, UK
New speaker announced: Dr Pete Hodkinson, first UK specialty registrar and now Consultant in Aviation and Space Medicine and member of the European Space Agency Medical Board. Dr Hodkinson will...
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24 Apr 2023
Minister for Homelessness meeting
Last week, the Rural Services Network was delighted to be invited to a roundtable discussion with the Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Felicity Buchan MP following the release of...
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17 Apr 2023
Rural heart attack patients wait 50pc longer for ambulances
The Telegraph reports that there is a ‘Heartbreaking’ rural-urban divide which means some patients face lengthy waits of up to 1 hour 40 minutes for category two calls Heart attack...
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17 Apr 2023
New Air Quality Strategy announced
The Government have announced a new Air Quality Strategy which will provide a framework to support local action to improve air quality They are seeking views on a revised Air Quality...
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