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.
08 Feb 2022
Rural health services need ‘levelling up’, MPs say
Local Gov reports that a three-year investigation undertaken by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Rural Health and Care and the National Centre for Rural Health and Care has found...
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08 Feb 2022
Adult Social Care User Survey
The Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey England (ASCS) is a national survey that is repeated every year The survey, which forms part of a national programme led by...
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03 Feb 2022
Hartpury continue to shape the future of digital farming
DronePrep who support drone delivery projects across the UK via their innovative technology platform and Drone Delivery Register app, connect drone pilots with landowners allowing them to plan flights and...
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03 Feb 2022
Exploring barriers to accessing online health services in Devon
Independent community development charity Devon Communities Together is collaborating with community health and wellbeing organisation, Wellmoor, on NHSX’s Digital Inclusion Pioneers Programme, to explore and understand the barriers to accessing...
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03 Feb 2022
Rural GPs under pressure because governments fail to rural proof
Dispensing doctors’ income is under pressure from Government policy in two UK nations, as a result of insufficient rural proofing. Dispensing GP surgeries are mainly located in rural locations, where...
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03 Feb 2022
Rural district nursing is not for the faint-hearted
Worcestershire is a rural county of valleys, rivers and patchwork fields, bordered by the Malvern Hills. Surrounded by outstanding natural beauty, it is easy to forget the challenges those living...
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03 Feb 2022
The Importance of Reminiscence in Rural Communities – The Queen’s Jubilee
When Living Memories C.I.C. started running its first pilot Tea & Memories community reminiscence group in 2018 in Colyton, East Devon, little did we know how popular the regular gatherings...
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03 Feb 2022
Lincolnshire patient thanks new COVID service for saving his life
Patients who are a greater risk of becoming seriously unwell from COVID-19 have praised a new service designed to aid their recovery from the virus and keep them out of...
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03 Feb 2022
Plymouth University launch National Dental Dementia Friendly Guide
The guide was produced by Professor Chris Tredwin Professor of Restorative Dentistry, Ian Sherriff B.E.M. Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia, Abby Nelder Community Engagement Programme Officer Peninsula Dental School, Claire...
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03 Feb 2022
Continue we will, despite thorns in the flesh…
This last six months or so has brought a time of trials and tribulations, not only to us as an Association, but to the farming community also. However, with resilience...
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