Promoting Rural Best practice

The RSP provides a unique opportunity for its members to promote and highlight topical examples of rural best practice, case studies and pilot projects. 

The RSP also raises awareness of the excellent work currently being delivered by rural practitioners in England.

Promoting Rural Best practice

The RSP provides a unique opportunity for its members to promote and highlight topical examples of rural best practice, case studies and pilot projects. 

The RSP also raises awareness of the excellent work currently being delivered by rural practitioners in England.

Rural district nursing is not for the faint-hearted

Worcestershire is a rural county of valleys, rivers and patchwork fields, bordered by the Malvern Hills. Surrounded by outstanding natural beauty, it is easy to forget the challenges those living in rural communities might face when accessing healthcare

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Rural Homelessness Focus of New Study

Rural homelessness is an unseen crisis in the countryside, driven by limited access to services and an absence of affordable homes. The extent of the crisis is unclear as limited rural data is captured in official statistics. Trends show that overall homelessness has increased in the last decade and where interventions have helped in urban areas, their impact is less successful in rural communities. A rural housing task force has joined forces to shine a light on the crisis by commissioning a 12-month research collaboration between academics at Kent and Southampton Universities

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Plymouth University launch National Dental Dementia Friendly Guide

The guide was produced by Professor Chris Tredwin Professor of Restorative Dentistry, Ian Sherriff B.E.M. Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia, Abby Nelder Community Engagement Programme Officer Peninsula Dental School, Claire Puckey BScHons and Tony Husband award-winning cartoonist. The guide was commissioned by the Prime Ministers National Dementia Challenge Group

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Encouraging older shoppers back into rural stores

A series of practical recommendations to encourage older shoppers in rural areas back into local stores in the wake of Covid-19 have emerged from research commissioned by the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE)

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We want to help to Get Rural Small Businesses Trading Better

The Forum of Private Business were set up in 1977 in a rural community with the goal of helping small businesses to deal with day-to-day issues, compliance and to give them a voice in local and national government, where many of the rules and regulations they must deal with are created

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