Access to healthcare for the Farming Community

Report - 19 December 2025

Healthwatch Warwickshire met with the Farming Community Network and local Primary Care Networks to explore health inequalities affecting rural farming communities. We attended the Rugby Livestock Market, which hosted a Farmer’s Healthcare Event, in November 2025. We asked farmers and their families about their experiences of General Practice and other healthcare services to find out if farming impacted on their experiences.

We heard from 44 farmers about how being a farmer impacted their experiences of seeing a GP or using other healthcare services when they needed to. 

Read about the feedback we heard here

 

Next steps:

The Warwickshire Rural Hub and the Farming Community Network host quarterly healthcare events across Warwickshire and will share the 2026 dates shortly. To expand access to healthcare services, they are aiming to partner with healthcare professionals to host a healthcare event in Warwickshire North.

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