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.
22 Aug 2018
Number of rural elderly to increase
Older people continue to make up a higher proportion of the population in rural and coastal areas than urban areas, confirm the latest government statistics. The Rural Services Network says this...
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15 Aug 2018
Funding for rural community groups
Community groups providing activities for rural young people in Shropshire are being encouraged to apply for funding. The second funding round of Shropshire Council’s Rural Youth Activity Fund opens on Monday...
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15 Aug 2018
Charity uses drone to locate rural homeless
An outreach team is pioneering the use of live-streamed video from a drone to help support workers to find people sleeping rough in remote rural and coastal locations. Live footage from...
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15 Aug 2018
Expect unexpected, rural motorists warned
Police are warning rural motorists to slow down and expect the unexpected on country roads this summer. It comes after a tractor had to swerve to avoid a car, causing the...
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14 Aug 2018
Loneliness is ‘problem for all young people’
Loneliness is a ‘common experience’ that could affect all young people, suggests a report. Young people seem to face barriers when talking about feeling lonely with 73% of youth workers...
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13 Aug 2018
82% of youth workers believe loneliness is a problem for young people
This article is taking from the UK Youth website and can be found here A new report published today suggests that youth loneliness is a ‘common experience’ that could affect...
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07 Aug 2018
Coastal path boost for rural economy
A new stretch of recently opened coastal path will benefit the rural economy, says the government. Natural England opened the latest stretch of the England Coast Path, giving walkers uninterrupted...
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24 Jul 2018
Dementia-friendly rural communities guide
The new rural communities guide is designed to help all types of rural communities increase awareness of dementia and become more dementia-friendly. Rural communities have an important part to play...
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23 Jul 2018
Peers ask for evidence on rural economy
A House of Lords committee is asking for views on the opportunities, challenges and prospects for the future in rural communities. The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy recently...
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20 Jul 2018
Using Archive Film to Bring a Smile to the Face of People Living with Dementia
by Brian Norris of Living Memories C.I.C. Background When I had started delving into the film archive of Greenpark Productions Ltd at the end of the 20th century, I had never expected...
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