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PRESENTATIONS
- Kerry Booth, Chief Executive Designate, Rural Services Network “Introduction to Rural Health and Social Care”
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Rachel Power, Chief Executive, The Patients Association “Embedding patient partnership in the health and social care system”
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- Jenny Makwana, Associate Workforce Transformation Lead, Health Education England “Health Education England & Lincs Integrated Care System Rural, Remote and Coastal Programme – An overview of progress to date”
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- Andrea Beacham, One Northern Devon Programme Manager, NHS Royal Devon University Healthcare “One Northern Devon”
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- Graham Biggs MBE, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network “Fair Cost of Care”
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SPEAKERS
To find out more about the speakers click on the following links:
Rural Services Network – https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/
The Patient Association – https://www.patients-association.org.uk/
Health Education England – https://www.hee.nhs.uk/
One Northern Devon – https://onenortherndevon.co.uk/
USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION
Revitalising Rural: Realising the Vision campaign, please follow this link: https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/revitalising-rural
Rural Health and Care Services Chapter and asks of Government, please follow this link:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/revitalising-rural/access-to-health-and-care.pdf
Managing Older Population Chapter is a useful resource too, please follow this link:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/revitalising-rural/managing-older-rural-population.pdf
Rural Lens Review of the Adult Social Care Reform White Paper, please follow the link:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/rural-lens/adult-social-care-rural-lens-review.pdf
State of Care in County and Rural Areas, please follow this link:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/publications/the-state-of-care-in-counties-full-report.pdf
Chief Medical Officer’s Report on Health in Coastal Communities, please follow this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chief-medical-officers-annual-report-2021-health-in-coastal-communities
The APPG Rural Health & Care parliamentary inquiry report, please follow this link:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/major-inquiry-highlights-the-urban-rural-divide-in-accessing-health-and-care
Rural Lens Review of the Levelling Up White Paper, please follow this link:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/overarching-rural-lens-review-of-levelling-up-white-paper-published
Rural Lens Review of the People at the Heart of Care Adult Social Care Reform White Paper, please follow this link:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/rural-lens/adult-social-care-rural-lens-review.pdf
Rural Lens Review of the Health White Paper, please follow the link:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/rural-lens/health-white-paper-rural-lens-review.pdf
Rural Lens Reviews series covers a wide range of topics including net zero, transport as well as health and social care, please follow this link:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/tag/rural-lens
Rural Proofing for Health Toolkit, please follow the link:
https://ruralengland.org/rural-proofing-for-health-toolkit/
Local authority health and wellbeing indicators, please follow this link:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/category/health-wellbeing-social-services-insight
Fair Cost of Care Fund, please visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/market-sustainability-and-fair-cost-of-care-fund-2022-to-2023-guidance/market-sustainability-and-fair-cost-of-care-fund-2022-to-2023-guidance
Westminster Hall debate on Rural Health and Care, please visit:
https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/mp/will-quince/debate/2022-10-12/commons/westminster-hall/rural-healthcare
To find out more about RSN members relevant to the seminar click on the following links:
The National Centre for Rural Health and Care
https://www.ncrhc.org/
Rural Health and Care Alliance
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/rhca-members
Linkage Community Trust a charity that supports people with learning disabilities. To find out more click on this link:
https://www.linkage.org.uk/
Community Catalysts a CIC that runs several community care initiatives across the country. To find out more read their latest blog at: https://www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/2022/11/14/extending-our-amazing-community-micro-enterprise-project-across-suffolk/
The Community HeartBeat Trust a charity which supports communities with the correct provision of defibrillators, visit:
https://www.communityheartbeat.org.uk/
SEMINAR SPONSOR
Our seminar programme is kindly sponsored by Airband, an independent internet service provider bringing high speed broadband to homes, business and industry in rural and hard-to-reach areas. To find out more and check availability visit https://www.airband.co.uk/