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Casebook
Casebook is a monthtly service for members of the Rural Health and Care Alliance. It summarises 5 current news stories, along with other relevant content.
15.11.2023
November 2023 Edition This month we focus on the cabinet reshuffle and implications for health and social care, the CMO’s annual report, a Q&A with the new Chair of the National Centre for Rural Health – Nigel...
19.10.2023
October 2023 Edition This month we focus on the party political season from a rural health perspective, announce our new chair and provide news on new health research, pod casts and our Health Seminar focusing on workforce...
20.09.2023
September 2023 Edition This month Covid, Alzheimers, 999 calls from within a hospital and a worrying escalation of levels of ill health in young people. Plus the Centre is close to unveiling its new Chair and releases...
17.07.2023
July 2023 Edition In Casebook this time: dentistry, physician associates, the antidote to dementia outbreaks and poor payment activities challenging rural providers of health. In the National Centre update a call for you to fill in our...
20.06.2023
June 2023 Edition In Casebook this month: the cost-of-living crisis, the covid inquiry in action and a hope it has a spatial dimension, staff shortages, dumped PPE and young and lonely as a rural way of life....
16.05.2023
May 2023 Edition In this edition of casebook: school nurses, a very insightful report on covid failings from our friends at Nuffield, more flexibility to access pharmacies directly, the challenge and opportunity around clinical trials, the impact...
18.04.2023
April 2023 Edition In Casebook this time: mental health support (or the lack of it!) in rural areas, the threat and ongoing challenge of the pandemic, from a number of vistas along with a scary story about...
14.03.2023
March 2023 Edition In Casebook this time, reflections on key challenges facing GPs in primary care, some budget decisions and their likely impact on rural health and care and two very positive stories linked to virtual wards...
14.02.2023
February 2023 Edition In Casebook this time, better news on ambulance waits, malnutrition in the UK??? Vaccine stats and two workforce stories revealing the challenges we currently face. Some useful stuff in our National Centre Update section...
24.01.2023
January 2023 Edition In Casebook this time a real focus on workforce issues and the impact on the quality and availability of rural health and care. We also look at the impact of cost of living rises...
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HOT TOPICS
Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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