Full fibre broadband strategy includes support for rural areas
Remote rural areas will be ‘prioritised for funding’
Improving rural broadband connectivity has been made a priority…
Rurality
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Changes to general practice payments proposed to reflect digital technology rollout
NHS England seeks views on the rurality index payment
Views are being sought on how general practice payments…
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Lords Select Committee asks for views on rural economy
Digital infrastructure and healthcare among areas of enquiry
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural…
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MPs hear of the dispensing doctor difference as DDA lobbies Parliament
Strategic campaign in parliamentary publication
MPs and Lords have been told of the dispensing…
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Health service under-provision forces auxiliary police role
MPs' debate highlights knock-on effect of loss of health services
A Commons debate has highlighted the knock-on effects on…
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DDA CEO invited to take part in NHSE GP review
DDA will give the rural perspective
DDA chief executive Matthew Isom has been invited to…
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Rural Scottish GP contract group to meet this month
Recruitment and retention concerns raised by local people
Rural GP recruitment and retention should be a priority…
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Centre for rural health and care opens in Lincolnshire
Four areas of activity identified
The new national centre for rural health and care…
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English pharmacy regs’ review makes dispensing GP-friendly changes
Department acknowledges regulatory disincentives to collaborative working by dispensing GPs
A review of the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical…
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Rural broadband “up to three times slower” than neighbour cities
County councils highlight the rural disadvantage
Broadband speeds in rural areas are lagging up to…