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.
26 Nov 2018
£25k rural wildlife killing trips
The Mirror reports that a firm which organises hunting trips in the UK costing up to £25,000 has come under fire from animal welfare campaigners. The company, Europehunts.com, is jointly...
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23 Nov 2018
It’s time to talk about mental health
For most people within the farming community, it is far from an easy conversation to have. But with more than one member of the farming community dying by suicide every...
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19 Nov 2018
Rural area faces ‘major winter problem’
NHS regional bosses have identified the East of England as a ‘trouble spot’ during this winter, according to the Health Service Journal. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Trust in particular...
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19 Nov 2018
Spotlight on Rural Health & Social Care – November 2018
This newsletter is provided by the Rural Health Network, part of the Rural Services Network. It includes a roundup of rural health & social care news, research, learning and best...
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12 Nov 2018
Focus on tackling rural crime
There was coverage of the first rural crime day of action, a nationwide event organised by the National Police Chiefs’ Council on Thursday 8th November. Police forces were encouraged to...
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12 Nov 2018
Calls to reduce rural road speed limits
The Sunday Times reported on calls from the cycling charity Sustrans for a reduction in the speed limit on rural roads from 60 to 40 miles per hour. The charity’s...
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12 Nov 2018
Rural hospitals on knife crime frontline
The Guardian reported on the pressures being faced by rural hospitals as a result of the so-called ‘county lines’ drugs trade, which has seen urban gangs moving drugs between cities...
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05 Nov 2018
Budget Review – Implications for Rural Communities
The Treasury have provided us with a summary of announcements from the Budget 2018 which benefit Rural Areas. Below is a table showing these announcements set against the RSN...
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29 Oct 2018
Record surge in takeaways
High streets around the UK now have the highest concentration of fast food shops since 2010, according to the BBC and the Daily Mail. Studies have drawn a direct link...
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29 Oct 2018
Protect Your Farm, Protect Yourself
Malvern Hills District Council and Wychavon District Council are hosting the upcoming ‘Protect Your Farm, Protect Yourself’ Event, being held at Three Counties Showground on Thursday 22 November, 4-7pm. This...
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