Rural Well being and the Significance of Connectivity

On this podcast of the Rural Futures Hub sequence, delivered to you by Enterprise Information Wales, host Carwyn Jones speaks with Dr Rachel Rahman, and Prof Charles Musselwhite each of Aberystwyth College in addition to Huw Thomas, Director of Finance on the Hywel Dda UHB. They concentrate on entry to rural well being companies with consideration of ageing, digital connectivity, and transport.

Residing in rural areas will be useful for well being and well-being in some ways, for instance entry to inexperienced areas and decrease ranges of air pollution. Nevertheless, as soon as going through ill-health, accessing well being and care companies can pose important challenges for rural residents. This podcast will talk about analysis by Aberystwyth lecturers that considers how bodily entry to companies will be promoted or hindered by rural transport infrastructures, and whether or not know-how is a viable answer for enhancing entry to companies with a selected concentrate on ageing populations and the financial prices of rural well being supply.