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18 May 2020
Coronavirus: £5bn needed to stop local cuts say county councils
English councils have called on the government to provide a £5bn “income guarantee” to prevent local authorities from having to cut services as the coronavirus hits finances The County Councils...
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11 May 2020
Rural areas concern over ‘Stay alert’ advice’
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, addressed the nation on Sunday 10th May, outlining the next stages in fighting the covid-19 virus The ‘conditional plan’ included outline details of how we...
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05 May 2020
Health and Social Care Blog
by Kerry Booth – Rural Services Network Assistant Chief Executive Who could have foreseen when I wrote the last Health and Social Care Spotlight (February 2020) the situation we would...
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04 May 2020
RSN champions pandemic related rural issues with Government
The below article written by RSN Chairman Cecilia Motley is featured in this months Local Government First. The response to coronavirus needs to consider the different issues facing rural areas...
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04 May 2020
Health and Social Care Spotlight – May 2020
This newsletter on rural health is provided for the RSN and the Rural Health and Care Alliance It includes a roundup of rural health news, research, learning and best practice. If you...
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27 Apr 2020
COVID-19 death rates ‘could be 80% higher in rural communities’
The Evening Standard published a study which has predicted significantly higher levels of COVID-19 fatalities in rural locations due to larger ageing populations The analysis found that death rates could...
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27 Apr 2020
Rural organisations call for lockdown travel guidelines to be reviewed
Several news outlets including the BBC, Yorkshire Post and Sky, report on calls from rural groups against recent advice to police forces that it is lawful to drive somewhere to...
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20 Apr 2020
RSN make contact with the Government on exit strategy and the implications for rural communities
The Rural Services Network has written to The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) along with other key rural organisations to open discussions regarding...
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06 Apr 2020
The remote and rural hospitals at threat from coronavirus
The health publication HSJ reports that the coronavirus outbreak is currently a highly regionalised feature in the UK This means that hospitals in more remote areas, often with older populations...
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30 Mar 2020
Rural ‘hospital deserts’ at most risk of being overwhelmed
Sky News reports on research published by Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science that warns of potential ‘hospital deserts’ – areas where demand for beds for coronavirus patients is...
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