The National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care (NC R&R HC) was commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2022.
NES has been funded by the Scottish Government, Primary Care Directorate to design and deliver phase one of the NC R&R HC, with a focus on supporting improved remote and rural primary and community healthcare across Scotland.
The Scottish Government and NES have committed £3.03m from October 2023 until September 2025 to support the phase one programme of work focusing on primary care as an initial proof of concept.
We support the delivery of improved healthcare for remote, rural and island communities across Scotland to reduce remote, rural and island health and wellbeing inequalities.
The centre does this by improving the sustainability, capacity, and capability of the remote, rural and island primary care and community-based workforce and service delivery.
We share our specialist knowledge, evidence base and our remote, rural and island healthcare team of subject experts work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, partners and colleagues across Scotland, the UK and internationally.
A systematic approach to the planning and delivery of remote and rural primary healthcare and community services across all Scotland supports the centre’s key outcomes. These are: achieving excellence in the design, delivery, and evaluation of services through improved remote and rural healthcare specific research, education, leadership, practice, recruitment, and retention that have measurable impact.
There are a range of immediate issues unique to the provision of remote and rural primary and community healthcare that the centre will focus on to achieve measurable improvements as part of phase one.
These include:
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Last updated: Monday, September 2, 2024