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NHS staff shortage: How many doctors and nurses come from abroad?

By On May 20, 2019

We know that the lowest proportion of NHS staff per head is in rural communities. This story tells a worrying tale if one of the only ways of addressing that issue is through “poaching staff” from countries who can ill afford to spare them. […]

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More than 1 million patients unable to get NHS dentist amid rising tooth decay crisis

By On February 4, 2019

Why are we not surprised that a significant proportion of those places with the lowest levels of dentist availability are rural! This story tells us:

Access issues exist in every English region, but Lincolnshire is the area worst hit, followed by parts of Norfolk, Derbyshire, West Yorkshire and Cornwall, according to the NHS data.

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Patients living in the country get a raw deal from the NHS, study finds

By On January 21, 2019

Really pleased to see the campaigning work of the new National Centre for Rural Health and Care achieving some national profile. This story tells us:

Professor John Appleby, the Nuffield Trust’s chief economist and director of research, said:  “The evidence is mounting that small […]

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Community healthcare in line for £3.5bn annual funding boost

By On November 26, 2018

This is long overdue – if it does come and I hope it does, lets hope its directed insightfully not just based on pumping more money into a failing system. The answer lies in creating micro-enterprises of mutualized care workers addressing market failure by directing more of the available resource to delivery rather than on-costs. […]

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Private health firm gives GPs operation price list for impatient patients

By On December 6, 2017

Our work on the challenges facing rural health settings is in part at least focused on the sort of staff shortages that underpin stories like this:

A private healthcare company has sent letters to hundreds of GPs setting out a price list of operations they could offer their patients to beat NHS delays and restrictions.

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