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1 March 2000
? DSS Income Support Rates for 2000
19 December 2000
Nurses Pay Award Three Times Higher Than Income Support Rise for Elderly in Nursing Home Care
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19 December 2000
? Nursing Home Closure 'A Disaster Waiting to Happen' -
Call for Independent Review of Wiltshire Social Services Finances and Fresh Look at Government Funding Formula 		?
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20 December 2000
? 'Too Little, Too Late' Warning as Cash-Strapped Nursing Homes Struggle to Stay Open ?
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26 January 2001
? Nursing Homes Call on Westminster Government to Match the Scottish Executive in Concern for Elderly ?
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26 February 2001
Doubts Raised About Cost-Effectiveness of Government's Hospital Building Programme ?
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1 March 2001
? Are Wiltshire's Elderly Getting the Worst Deal in the Country? - Nursing Home Leaders Ask for Changes at the Top to Get the County Out of Its Perpetual Crisis ?
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3 March 2001
Government Accused of Bad Faith on New Minimum Care Standards: Nursing Homes Foresee Bureaucratic Nightmare ?
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6 March 2001
Where's the Money Coming From? - Nursing Homes Warn of Further Closures if Minimum Wage Rise is not Matched by Higher Fees ?
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27 March 2001
'Government Risks Perpetuating Ageism': RNHA Response to National Service Framework for Older People ?
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3 April 2001
Nursing Homes Call on West Midlands Local Authorities to Match Government's Lead on Income Support Payments ?
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22 May 2001
'We Cannot Carry on Kidding Ourselves About Elderly Care' - Warning To Election Candidates ?
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17 July 2001
? 'Not Enough' - Nursing Home Leaders Tell Government About NHS-Funded Nursing Care ?
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19 July 2001
?10 A Day Proposal for 'Free Nursing Care' Like a Slap With a Cold Flannel ?
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17 August 2001
Government's Pledge of Free Nursing Care For All Falls Well Short of Expectations: RNHA Response to Consultation Document ?
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22 August 2001
Government 'Waisting Money' on Converting Old Nightingale Wards While Nursing Home Beds are Under-Used ?
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27 September 2001
Attack on Government's 'Cheap-Skate' Approach to Free Nursing Care ?
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8 October 2001
? Stark Warning of More Nursing Home Closures Across Wales - Sector Leaders Call for Urgent Action as Financial Crisis Deepens ?
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10 October 2001
? 'Britain's Older People Still at the Bottom of the Political Pecking Order': Nursing Homes Question Government's Seriousness in Tackling Elderly Care Crisis ?
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11 October 2001
? East Midlands and Lincolnshire Local Authorities may be Getting Less than their Fair Share of Government Funding: Nursing Homes Point to Mounting Crisis in Elderly Care ?
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11 October 2001
? North Eastern Local Authorities may be Getting Less than their Fair Share of Government Funding: Nursing Homes Point to Mounting Crisis in Elderly Care ?
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11 October 2001
? North Western Local Authorities may be Getting Less than their Fair Share of Government Funding: Nursing Homes Point to Mounting Crisis in Elderly Care ?
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11 October 2001
? London and South Easterrn Local Authorities may be Getting Less than their Fair Share of Government Funding: Nursing Homes Point to Mounting Crisis in Elderly Care ?
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11 October 2001
? West and South Western Local Authorities may be Getting Less than their Fair Share of Government Funding: Nursing Homes Point to Mounting Crisis in Elderly Care ?
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11 October 2001
? West Midlands Local Authorities may be Getting Less than their Fair Share of Government Funding: Nursing Homes Point to Mounting Crisis in Elderly Care ?
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11 October 2001
? Yorkshire and Humberside Local Authorities may be Getting Less than their Fair Share of Government Funding: Nursing Homes Point to Mounting Crisis in Elderly Care ?
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11 December 2001
Government 'Taking the Country in the Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care': Latest Figures Show Continued Decline in Nursing Home Beds Despite Need for Big Increase Over Next 30 Years ?
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11 December 2001
Anglia and Oxford Region Suffers Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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11 December 2001
? North Thames Region Suffers Biggest Fall in Nursing Home Numbers: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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11 December 2001
? North West Region Suffers Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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11 December 2001
? South and West Region Suffers Big Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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11 December 2001
? South Thames Region Suffers Big Fall in Nursing Home Numbers: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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11 December 2001
? South Thames Region Suffers Big Fall in Nursing Home Numbers: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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11 December 2001
? Trent Region Suffers Biggest Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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11 December 2001
? West Midlands Region Suffers Big Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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11 December 2001
? Yorkshire and the North Region Suffers Big Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care ?
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13 December 2001
Bleak Prospects for Worcestershire's Older People - County Council to Spend Well Below Expected Level on Services ?
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18 December 2001
Bed Blocking More Than Wipes Out Claimed Increase in Hospital Beds: Elderly Care Infrastructure Being Eroded Potentially Beyond Repair, Claim Nursing Homes ?
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20 December 2001
Government Locked in 'Ivory Tower' Mentality over Waiting Lists and Bed Blocking - Nursing Homes Question Ministers' Willingness to Listen ?
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20 December 2001
'Fiddling' of Waiting Lists at Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust - Government Inaction on Bed Blocking and Funding of Community Care May Have Contributed ?
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20 December 2001
'Fiddling' of Waiting Lists at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - Government Inaction on Bed Blocking and Funding of Community Care May Have Contributed ?
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20 December 2001
'Fiddling' of Waiting Lists at Warwick Hospital - Government Inaction on Bed Blocking and Funding of Community Care May Have Contributed ?
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20 December 2001
Stop Treating Nursing Home Patients Like 'Second Class Citizens': Plea to Government to Raise State Funding to Level that Covers Actual Costs ?
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28 January 2002
? Nursing Homes say they are 'Scapegoats' for Chronic Under-funding of Care for Nation's Older People ?
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12 February 2002
Conscientious Nurses Overlooked by Unbalanced Report - RNHA Claim ?
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19 February 2002
? Nursing Homes Cannot Provide Top Quality Care for Bargain Basement Prices - Dispute with Swansea and Newport Social Services Departments Over Fees ?
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21 February 2002
? Poll Result on Free Long-Term Care for the Elderly Marks Start of Campaign for a Fair Deal: RNHA Calls on Government to Sort Out the Mess
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28 February 2002
? Nursing Homes in South Wales Warn of 'Care Crisis of Unprecedented Proportions' - Ultimatum on Fees from Social Services Pushes Homes to the Brink ?
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11 March 2002
Government Accused of 'Covering up its Own Errors' on So-Called 'Free Nursing Care' ?
12 March 2002
Not a Penny More for Elderly Care Until April 2003: Care Sector in Wales Heads for its Biggest Ever Crisis as Nursing and Residential Homes Feel the Financial Squeeze ?
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25 March 2002
Pembrokeshire Nursing Homes Accuse Social Services Director of 'Dirty Tricks' Over Publicly Funded Patients ?
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26 March 2002
Funding 'Hole' Could be Filled if Social Services Were Not So Wasteful: Nursing Homes Call for Rethink on the Way Care is Provided ?
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27 March 2002
Nursing Home Leaders Welcome Introduction of Consistent Care Standards But Warn the Government of a 'Mess of its Own Making' ?
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27 March 2002
Nursing Homes Say Milburn's 'Banged Up' Quip Reveals Government's True Colours on Care Sector ?
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8 April 2002
Social Services Accused of 'Double Standards' on Pay ?
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10 April 2002
Massive Jobs Loss Predicted for Pembrokeshire
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10 April 2002
Care Homes Want Talks with Councillors and Assembly Members to End 'Crisis' ?
7 May 2002
Social Services Director Apologises for Remarks about County's Nursing Homes ?
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10 May 2002
Positive Climate in Nursing Homes' Crisis Talks with Welsh Assembly Members ?
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