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Farming Today: Icelandic fishing strike, Community hospitals, Tenant farmers in Cambridgeshire

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15/02/2017

Icelandic fishing strike, Community hospitals, Tenant farmers in Cambridgeshire

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Icelandic fishing strike, Community hospitals, Tenant farmers in Cambridgeshire

Caz Graham hears why Grimsby is being hit hard by the Icelandic trawler strike.

UK job losses are looming as the Icelandic fishing strike continues. Are patients in rural areas getting a poor deal from the NHS? New opportunities for farmers in East Anglia.

A strike by Iceland's trawler crews is having a knock-on effect in Grimsby, with a 90% drop in the amount of fish being brought into the town for processing. There are now fears of UK job losses, supply shortages and a rise in the price of fish and chips.
Questions are being raised over the quality of care offered to NHS patients in rural areas. With some community hospitals closing and a move to treat more people in their own homes, there are worries that social isolation and unsuitable housing will hamper recovery. 
Council-owned farms have been sold off in many areas recently but it appears that Cambridgeshire is bucking the trend. Eight tenancies are on offer on the county council's estate at the moment as the authority insists it has a long-term commitment to agriculture. 
Presented by Caz Graham.
Produced by Vernon Harwood.

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