• Membership changes

• Summary of recommendations

• Introduction

• Background
  • Sir Lewis Ritchie Report
  • Demographics

• Education and Training

• Issues around Recruitment and Retention
  • Pay and working conditions
  • Challenges finding suitable candidates
  • Allied Health Professions

• Wider rural issues
  • Housing
  • Other public services including childcare and transport
  • Infrastructure including broadband

• Service Design and Delivery
  • Sustainable services
  • Whole System approach
  • Tailored approach
  • Third Sector involvement

• Primary Care and Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs)
  • 2018 General Medical Services (GMS) Contract
  • Rural General Hospitals

• Funding and Investment
  • NRAC Formula
  • Third Sector funding

• Access to Services and Service Provision
  • Social, Palliative and End of Life Care
  • Mental Health
  • Alcohol/Drugs Services
  • Travel policy for patients

• Opportunities
  • Technology and digital infrastructure
  • Data collection and research

• Remote and Rural Workforce Recruitment Strategy

• National Centre for Remote and Rural Healthcare
  • Progress to date
  • Future focus

• Annexe A - Extracts from the Minutes of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Meetings

• Annexe B - Official Reports of meetings of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee