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.
15 May 2014
Take up of formal childcare by low income working families
Take-up of formal childcare by low income families can bring benefits to children’s learning and development. This analysis looks at an authorities comparative situation against the rural/urban averages for all...
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22 Apr 2014
A look at social isolation
Loneliness can be damaging both for physical and mental wellbeing. As such it is important to consider ways in which loneliness and social isolation can be minimised. This analysis and...
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07 Mar 2014
The Changing Measure of Fuel Poverty
Based on a review of fuel poverty by Professor Sir John Hills, the Department of Energy & Climate Change has employed a new measure of fuel poverty. This analysis shows...
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31 Dec 2013
Rural ambulance times ‘need rethink’
Below is a snippet from article take from BBC News: A minister has called for a change in paramedic response targets in rural areas after a man collapsed and died....
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20 Dec 2013
Active People Survey Analysis 7
The seventh year of the survey, Active People Survey 7, started in mid October 2012 and ran continuously for 12 months until mid October 2013. The full year results were...
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17 Dec 2013
An analysis of Public Health England’s Health Profile Data for 2015
Public Health England produce a series of Health Profiles that are designed to help local government and health services identify problems in their areas and decide how to tackle them....
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25 Nov 2013
Rural Matters
Below is a snippet from article take from Frontline: Nick Payne explains why the healthcare available to people living outside our major towns and cities merits special attention, which is...
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20 Nov 2013
First nurse appointed to national clinical director role
A nurse and hospital chief executive has been appointed national clinical director for rural and remote care by NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh.(To read more click here)
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05 Nov 2013
Our ageist NHS is failing the people who need it most
Below is a snippet from article take from The Telegraph: It’s a scandal that taxpayer money has been funnelled away from older people in rural areas, writes Jesse Norman. (To...
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14 Oct 2013
How technology can help people with long-term conditions in rural areas
Below is a snippet from article take from Guardian Professional : Telehealth and telecare can improve the way we deliver healthcare, no matter where the patient lives. In rural communities,...
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