Reports
Rural Health Care Report 2019
The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by the National Centre for Rural Health and Care to explore the impact of rurality and sparsity on the costs of delivering health care.
This report evidences the additional costs in rural areas including: staff recruitment, retention and costs; higher travel costs; increased fixed costs associated with providing services within safe staffing guidelines; and difficulties in realising economies of scale when delivering services in sparsely population rural areas.
Knowing your rural social value
In partnership with Rural Community Network Northern Ireland, we worked with 6 community groups over a 12-month period to help them measure the impact of their activities.
Funded by the Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland under its Special Initiatives Programme, this pilot project increased the skills and capacity of staff and volunteers at the 6 organisations; enabled them to better understand and measure the impact of their work; and enhanced their sustainability and financial viability.
This report summarises the key findings from the pilot.
Social Value Scorecard
We worked with Supporting Communities to measure the social impact of its community activities.
We have produced this scorecard, summarising the impact of the organisation’s work in Mid and East Antrim.
Bounce Back
Our evaluation of this 12-month pilot programme has been published. Bounce Back was a 12-month pilot programme that aimed to improve the mental health of young people looking to move closer to the job market or into further education. The programme was delivered across the Humber sub-region and funded by central Government.
Rural Workforce Research
This summary report, prepared with the University of Birmingham, applies a rural lens to the workforce challenges facing the NHS. The golden thread running through the research is that securing staff to deliver high quality health and care in rural areas (now and in the future) is crucial. The research identified 9 challenges and 9 opportunities. The full report is available on the NCRHC website www.ncrhc.org
Station Buildings
In autumn 2017 we circulated a ‘call for information’ through the Rural Services Network. This sought the views of people with experience of bringing station buildings back to life. ‘From the bare platform…’ summarises the 86 responses received to the call.
Care Housing at Waterside Gardens in Bolton
Rose Regeneration support HBV, a provider of Extra Care, in the development of business cases for investment. This is done on a team basis with other agencies. Our work is the socio-economic profile at the end of the report, which was for a potential development in Bolton.
Mytholmroyd Station Building Adoption Report
A feasibility study into the adoption of this key building. Conducted by Ivan and Jessica for the Station Building Group in Mytholmroyd.
National Centre for Rural Health and Care
This is the Business Plan for the National Centre for Rural Health and Care. This exciting initiative has led to the formation of a CIC dedicated to working across the UK to address rural health inequalities. The project is coordinated by Rose Regeneration.