NEWS COMMENTARYCyclist deaths soar on rural roads in EnglandSlightly different way to start casebook but this story in my mind links public health and roads policy. NFU Mutual - the specialist rural insurer - is launching a campaign designed to improve the safety of those using rural roads. Between 2018 and 2020, there were 3,115 fatalities on rural roads in England, and 1,880 on urban ones. "Otherwise, what will happen, is that the health and social care services will end up with two patients instead of one. Health Minister Eluned Morgan said people in social care had done an "incredible job", but there was a shortage of social care workers, prompting health boards to ask relatives to fill in.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2021 17:17 UTC