Get involved with RuralGP

We welcome any new material or ideas for the blog. If you’d like to add something, or get involved with posting/podcasting/editing please do get in touch. I’ve added some pages here to describe the various ways of doing this.

Featured Link: Rural Doctors Association of Queensland

Feature Link: NISPA

 
Further to Michael Smyth’s input about the NISPA work on federated models of care, this site might be of interest, particularly to our Northern Ireland readers.
Whilst the remit for NISPA is small practices, in essence the majority of its membership comes from remote & rural practices.  Some interesting solutions to the problem of isolated practice are [...]

RCGP Conference

The full programme for the RCGP Conference (November 5-7, in Glasgow) is now available from the conference website.
Of particular interest to rural members, is session B6, which will mark the official launch of the RCGP Rural Forum.  We’ll provide more details asap.
Other events in the conference programme should prove interesting for rural colleagues too – [...]

Wales: Views sought on Rural Health Plan

Information below on how to contribute to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the Rural Health Plan:
> Rural Plan Steering Group
A major new plan to drive forward improvements in healthcare services in rural areas will be published by the Welsh Assembly Government today [Friday, 1 May].  The Rural Health Plan, which is out to consultation, delivers [...]