The National Rural Conference 2025

Bookings are now officially open for the National Rural Conference 2025, which will take place online from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 September.
This is the Rural Services Network’s flagship event of the year, bringing together rural decision-makers, practitioners, and advocates for four days of live, interactive sessions focused on the future of rural communities.
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27/11/24 - RSN Seminar: Rural Health and Care

- To download the Agenda for this seminar click here

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USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION

RSN Membership
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/rsn-membership

RSN Delivering for Rural Campaign
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote
 
Health and Care Chapter of Delivering for Rural Campaign
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/manifesto-2023/rural-access-to-health-and-care-chapter.pdf

Lord Darzi’s Independent Investigation of the NHS
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f42ae630536cb92748271f/Lord-Darzi-Independent-Investigation-of-the-National-Health-Service-in-England-Updated-25-September.pdf

RSN article on Addressing Health and Social Care Challenges in Rural England
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/addressing-health-and-social-care-challenges-in-rural-england

Rural Mental Health by Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmenvfru/248/report.html

National Centre and Nuffield Trust work on the impact of rurality on the costs of delivering health care
https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/the-costs-of-delivering-health-care-in-rural-areas
 
Unavoidable Smallness due to Remoteness funding allocation
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/acra-2015-24b-identfy-remote-sites-upd.pdf
 
National Centre and Nuffield Trust rural health recovery from COVID-19
https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/covid-19-rural-health-services-final.pdf

National Centre and Rural England rural proofing for health toolkit (2020)
https://ruralengland.org/rural-proofing-for-health-toolkit/

Call for Evidence to inform workforce strand of new Rural Health Toolkit
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RMZLRN8  

Parliamentary Inquiry into Rural Health and Care
https://roseregeneration.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Rural-Health-and-Care-APPG-Inquiry-Report.pdf

Micro care provider Rainbow Dreaming CIC
https://www.rainbowdreaming.co.uk/gallery

Dispensing Doctors’ Association Political Lobbying and Latest News
https://www.dispensingdoctor.org/about-the-dda/dda-political-lobby-documents/

Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group and details of key work areas including health
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/inaugural-meeting-of-the-appg-for-rural-services-a-promising-start-for-rural-communities

Rural Health Inequalities Report
https://www.healthwatchnorthyorkshire.co.uk/report/2023-11-01/rurality-and-healthcare-barriers

Healthwatch North Yorkshire News and Reports
https://www.healthwatchnorthyorkshire.co.uk/news-and-reports

Community Transport Association
https://ctauk.org/

Streetwave provides real time analysis of mobile phone coverage at every address ensuring coverage is understood in rural areas
https://streetwave.co/

Learning from the Brazilian Family Health Strategy
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/conference/rural-conference-2024/rural-health-and-care-session/donna-chapman-and-matt-harris-presentations.pdf

Chief Medical Officer’s Report on Health in Coastal Communities
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chief-medical-officers-annual-report-2021-health-in-coastal-communities

Rural Services Network Fair Funding Campaign
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/rural-fair-funding

Statistical Digest of Rural England: a compendium of socio-economic statistics for Rural areas
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-digest-of-rural-england#a-to-z-index


Notes from the seminar can be downloaded by clicking below