Emma Bower

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1,286 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 14 Aug

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Talking General Practice · Addressing the challenges facing rural general practice · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

One thing I particularly wanted to talk to you about is this whole idea of a neighbourhood NHS and how that might work in rural areas. voice-verified

Obviously the government wants the NHS in England to shift to this new model where neighbourhoods cover a population of around thirty thousand to fifty thousand, about the size of a PCN. voice-verified

But in rural areas, as as you've sort of mentioned, that's probably over quite a massive geographical area. voice-verified

How do you see neighbourhoods working in rural communities? voice-verified

Do you think it can work? voice-verified

Part of the plan, obviously, a k a really big part of the plan is to shift more services out of hospitals and closer to people's homes. voice-verified

I mean, how could that work in rural areas? voice-verified

Because it's quite unlikely you're going to have. voice-verified

lots of neighbourhood health centres where you'll be able to put all these services. voice-verified

So how do you see that working in rural areas? voice-verified

That just seems like the most sensible solution, doesn't it, for rural areas? voice-verified

If you had bigger, better equipped GP practices in villages and towns, then you would be able to provide more voice-verified

services there, wouldn't you? voice-verified

And basically address all those problems we've been talking about about how far away people are from hospitals and stuff. voice-verified

Yeah, definitely. voice-verified

Obviously the kind of idea is about building on what PCNs have done. voice-verified

How have PCNs worked in rural areas? voice-verified

Have they been a success, do you think? voice-verified

That means that your patients are not benefiting really from some of that funding that's coming into PCNs which are enabling them to do those things. voice-verified

Obviously, as we've talked about, you know, most practices in rural areas are dispensing practices. voice-verified

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