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.
01 Nov 2017
Countryside is good for you – study
SPENDING time in the countryside is better for your brain than spending time in the city, says a study. Researchers found time spent in rural and coastal locations is more...
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27 Oct 2017
Council to tackle rural fuel poverty
A major project to tackle rural fuel poverty is to be funded by one of England’s largest county councils. The iniaitive is being funded by North Yorkshire County Council to support those...
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19 Oct 2017
7% increase in fly-tipping incidents
Fly-tipping incidents have soared by 7% over the past year – excluding the number of cases on private land. For the 2016/17 year, local authorities in England dealt with around...
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12 Oct 2017
Rural Services Network – £20,000 ‘golden hello’ for rural GPs
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Thursday, 12 October 2017 Responding to news that the government is to pledge a £20,000 ‘golden hello’ for rural GPs [1], Rural Services Network [2] chief...
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12 Oct 2017
£20,000 ‘Golden hello’ For Rural GPs
TRAINEE doctors are to receive £20,000 to work in rural and coastal communities struggling to recruit GPs. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the funding as part of a package of...
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10 Oct 2017
Wellbeing and the countryside exhibition
A new exhibition explores the complex relationships between wellbeing and the countryside. The exhbition runs until 31 October at Reading University’s Museum of English Rural Life with the help of rural stakeholders...
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24 Sep 2017
Petition warns of rural GP shortage
Hundreds of people have signed a petition warning that GP practices in rural areas are struggling to recruit doctors. Started by Lincolnshire GP Ben Loryman, the petition says many rural...
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13 Sep 2017
Vehicles seized in crime crackdown
Police from six regions across northern England have joined forces for a rural crime crackdown. Operation Checkpoint is a multi-force operation targeting travelling criminals operating between counties in the north...
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06 Sep 2017
Health services are top concern for rural residents – survey
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Wednesday 6 September 2017 Rural residents are more concerned about declining healthcare services than any other issue, according to the preliminary results of a wide-ranging survey....
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06 Sep 2017
Health services are top rural concern
Rural residents are more concerned about declining healthcare services than any other issue, reveal the preliminary results of a wide-ranging survey. Health topped the list of the topics of most...
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