healthcare
19 Nov 2018
Rural area faces ‘major winter problem’
NHS regional bosses have identified the East of England as a ‘trouble spot’ during this winter, according to the Health Service Journal. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Trust in particular...
Read more
19 Nov 2018
Spotlight on Rural Health & Social Care – November 2018
This newsletter is provided by the Rural Health Network, part of the Rural Services Network. It includes a roundup of rural health & social care news, research, learning and best...
Read more
22 Oct 2018
Rural Health and Care Alliance launched
The National Central for Rural Health and Care (NCRHC) was launched in Parliament on Tuesday. Several MPs attended the event, with Anne-Marie Morris, MP for Newton Abbot and chair of...
Read more
22 Oct 2018
Rural healthcare pressures
The University of Birmingham and Rose Regeneration have published a joint report into workforce challenges in the NHS and social care from a rural point of view. It found the...
Read more
10 Sep 2018
Elderly care ‘on brink of collapse’
A new survey by the charity Independent Age has revealed that chronic under-funding of social care means that older people are ‘increasingly let down’ by the system. During a survey...
Read more
09 Jul 2018
Older people ‘miss out on vital care’
More older people than ever are missing out on the vital care and support they need, says a report. Delayed hospital discharges due to a lack of social care are...
Read more
02 May 2018
MP tackles ambulance response times
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has voiced concern over ambulance response times in rural East Yorkshire. Mr Stuart has written to Yorkshire Ambulance Service chief executive Rod Barnes following...
Read more
29 Apr 2018
Rural residents face social care ‘lottery’
The government’s system of funding social care services is unsustainable and unfair for rural communities, the Rural Services Network has warned. Service providers operating across rural areas face inequitable costs compared...
Read more
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...
Read more
15 May 2017
Concern over impact of NHS cyber-attack
The Rural Services Network has voiced concern at the impact of cyber-attacks on rural doctors’ surgeries. A major incident was declared after NHS Services across England and Scotland were hit...
Read more