Rural Access to Health and Care Services
Rural residents face distinct healthcare challenges, including limited access to transport, longer distances to medical facilities, an aging demographic, housing inadequacies, digital connectivity gaps, and recruitment hurdles for healthcare workers.
17 Jun 2019
Rural surgery pioneers social prescribing
ITV covers the story of a rural medical centre in Lancashire that aims to turn patients away from pills and towards pastimes like dominoes, draughts and dancing Social prescribing involves...
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10 Jun 2019
Bus drivers working long hours cause safety concerns
Labour MP Matt Western wrote on the website PoliticsHome.com about local bus drivers’ working hours and the impact on public safety. Currently, local bus drivers are not subject to the...
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10 Jun 2019
Crowdfunding campaign launches to tackle Holiday Hunger this summer
With summer around the corner, Feeding Derbyshire (a local anti-poverty network) is Crowdfunding to provide activity clubs and meals for local children Following the shocking recent publication of levels of...
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03 Jun 2019
500,000 patients forced to find new GP
The Mirror reports on a NHS GP crisis that has left over 500,000 patients across the UK looking for a new surgery. Data released from Clinical Commissioning Groups revealed that...
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03 Jun 2019
Potential £1 billion boost for local charities with new recycling scheme
Local charities could receive £1 billion from the proceeds of a can and bottle deposit return scheme, according to research by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) One in...
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28 May 2019
Rural ‘healthcare deserts’ identified
The Telegraph covers warnings from nurses that patients in some rural areas are being forced to spend up to £100 on taxis to attend routine hospital appointments. The Royal College...
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28 May 2019
Fly-tipping is not a victimless crime
The Lord Bishop of St Albans writes in PoliticsHome.com to raise awareness of the effects of fly-tipping on the British countryside. He notes that incidents of fly-tipping rose by 43%...
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28 May 2019
Arrests made in county lines crackdown
The BBC reports that nearly 600 people suspected of being part of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested across the UK in an operation that took place between 13...
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13 May 2019
Rural lifestyles contribute to obesity
A new study of 112 million adults around the world found that rural lifestyles can be a major cause of the global obesity epidemic, according to The Telegraph. Since 1975,...
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07 May 2019
Government urged to do more to tackle rural crime
Ahead of a debate on rural crime in the House of Lords, the Bishop of St Albans wrote an article on the website PoliticsHome urging the Government to do more...
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