Rural and Remote

JIT is currently working with a number of Health, Housing and Social Care Partnerships in rural and remote areas on a range of joint working programmes focusing on both strategy and service delivery/redesign.

On the basis of the longer term work, this is the forward agenda that the key partners such as RRIG and the Joint Improvement Team and others are now working to.

Following the RRIG Learning and Sharing Exchange in September 2009 and the earlier JIT review of health and social care service development and innovation in remote and rural areas, the following priority action areas have emerged:

  • Policy Influence
  • Obligate Networks
  • Service Models and Care Pathways
  • Emergency Response and Transport
  • Workforce and Education
  • eHealth and Infrastructure
  • Remote and Rural Network

There are also a number of service delivery Remote and Rural Key Issues:

  • Definition of Rural and Remote
  • Change and Decision making in rural and remote areas
  • Access to Services
  • Critical Mass and Service Viability
  • Community Resillience

You can down load the full paper on the above Rural and Remote priorities and key issues here:

Rural and Remote Priorities and Key Issues [56Kb]