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.
05 Oct 2020
Academic takes dementia friendly message to 10 Downing Street
Dementia expert Ian Sherriff BEM met Boris Johnson to discuss a new guide for local councils A University expert has met the Prime Minister to ask for his backing to...
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02 Oct 2020
Walking & Cycling
The Government has an ambition for increased levels of activity both through cycling and walking. The following analyses take a look at statistics from the Department for Transport, and shows...
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28 Sep 2020
Rural isolation and mental health
Somerset County Gazette and South West Farmer have reported on YouGov research, commissioned by the Samaritans showing that nearly half (45 per cent) of men aged between 20 and 59...
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21 Sep 2020
Warning Over Access to Covid-19 Testing for Rural Social Care Sector
WARNING OVER ACCESS TO COVID-19 TESTING FOR RURAL SOCIAL CARE SECTOR Fears also raised for closure of rural care homes if funding gap not plugged Social care staff and users...
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21 Sep 2020
Warning over access to COVID-19 testing for rural social care sector
Papers including the Northumberland Gazette, Care Talk and Hexham Courant have identified critical challenges in delivering social care services during the pandemic, with four in five rural social care workers...
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21 Sep 2020
Plymouth University: Levelling up our digital health strategy
The New Statesman has published an article sponsored by Plymouth University arguing that the digital divide in Britain needs to be addressed for digital health progress to be made in...
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21 Sep 2020
North-South divide in COVID-19 cases and testing
Several newspapers, including the Northern Echo, have reported that rural residents are unhappy that they have been brought into lockdown when cases are not as high there as other parts...
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07 Sep 2020
Managing the school run with social distancing
ITV West Country reports on new measures introduced to support social distancing whilst children in the area travel to school on buses The headteacher at Saltash Community School in Cornwall...
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01 Sep 2020
Poor transport and internet services ‘damage rural children’s mental health’
The Planner has reported on research that has found a lack of access to public transport and the internet is leaving children in remote rural communities suffering ‘prolonged isolation, exclusion...
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17 Aug 2020
CSR – What matters to rural?
The Rural Services Network is gathering information from it’s member organisations on their key policy asks for the Comprehensive Spending Review The Government is currently looking for representations for CSR,...
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