New National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care
The National Centre for Remote & Rural Health and Care (the Centre) officially launched this month.
The goal of the Centre is to support the delivery of improved care for remote, rural and island communities across Scotland; to reduce remote, rural and island health and wellbeing inequalities; and to achieve this through focused work on improving the sustainability, capacity, and capability of remote, rural and island Primary care and community-based workforce and service delivery.
With an initial focus on the provision of primary care and community services, NES is leading work to establish the Centre. This includes working closely with stakeholders to develop the Centre to serve all Scotland’s remote, rural and island populations, harnessing innovation, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach to local healthcare challenges and making use of virtual networks and existing community spaces.
A new Information Hub for the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care is available. Hosted on Turas Learn the site is National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care: Information Hub | Turas | Learn (nhs.scot) still under development.
How to Get involved!
We are keen to receive feedback and suggestions regarding the design, planning and delivery of remote and rural primary care and community services.
You can contribute to the conversation using our online survey.
You can complete the survey multiple times. So as you reflect on discussions or thoughts you can submit as many entries as you need. We are grateful for all contributions to the discussion.
Join our stakeholder list
If you would like to receive regular updates on the progress of the National Centre, please add your name to our stakeholder list and we'll be happy to share our news with you.
Email us – at nes.ruralteam@nhs.scot
October, 26 2023