"It's the Golden hour" for dispensing GPs

"It's the 'Golden hour' to engage with the new health secretary." That's the call to action from Suffolk Coastal MP and Chair of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG) Jenny Riddell-Carpenter in the latest episode of the DDA Podcast.

In this podcast, hear Riddell-Carpenter set out the implications of the change at the top of the Department of Health and Social Care, how rural GPs can be at the heart of Neighbourhood Health and why dispensing GPs are critical to that conversation.

Referenced in the podcast are:

LRRG inquiry: The Future of the Rural Economy

LRRG report: Understanding Rural Britain

LRRG report: LRRG - Rural Poverty in Britain

DDA Manifesto: Addressing the Disparities: A manifesto for change

RSN campaign: Rural Fair Funding: The Final Settlement for Local Government Finance (Feb 2026)

Listen to the latest DDA podcast: The rural voice in the UK parliament

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