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23 Mar 2020
Rural areas inundated with visitors escaping COVID-19
Sky News have detailed how Britons are increasingly ignoring advice to stay home and are using the countryside as an escape from coronavirus Cumbria Police said the Lake District was among...
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23 Mar 2020
Rural Public Health funding
Local authorities (upper tier and unitary) are responsible for improving the health of their local population and reducing health inequalities In 2020/21 the total public health grant to local authorities...
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23 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: How to help the rural elderly
People aged over 70 have been told by the government to prepare to self-isolate for potentially a “very long time” to help tackle the spread of coronavirus. But what will...
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23 Mar 2020
Rural Organisations Express COVID-19 Concerns to Defra
The Chairs of the Rural Services Network, the Rural Coalition, ACRE and the Plunkett Foundation have last week written to the Secretary of State at DEFRA to express their concern...
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16 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Why rural areas could struggle
A headteacher in a rural school in North Yorkshire has warned of a ‘gap in provision’ for rural pupils if they are forced to learn at home due to schools...
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09 Mar 2020
Rural health concerns
Professor Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Scientific Adviser for the DHSC outlined his views on health trends and projections over the next 20 years at...
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20 Feb 2020
Health and Social Care Spotlight – February 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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10 Feb 2020
Commission puts health devolution back on political agenda
The MJ reported that a new cross-party Health Devolution Commission launched on Monday is calling for the devolution of health and social care service The Commission, which has been backed...
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03 Feb 2020
Lives ‘at risk’ from long ambulance delays
The BBC and Shropshire Star reported this week that one in 16 emergency cases in England are waiting over an hour for an ambulance to arrive 999 calls are meant...
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18 Dec 2019
Health and Social Care Spotlight – December 2019
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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