News Releases

Registered Nursing Home Association

Here you will find a list of all the news releases issued by the RNHA between March 2000 and now. Depending on the topic, RNHA news releases are sent to the relevant national, regional, local and specialist media. To view a particular news release, simply click on the title.

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If you would like to discuss the contents of any of the releases and the issues they raise, please contact Frank Ursell on 0121 454 2511 or 07785 227000 mobile. He would be very happy to talk to you. If you are publishing an article and would like to include a photograph of Frank, you can download a high resolution one suitable for print here: right click and select 'save target as'

	All news releases issued between March 2000 and December 2001 All news releases issued between January 2002 and December 2002 All news releases issued between February 2003 and December 2003

	5th January 2006		RNHA Plea to Make Sure Older People are Properly Fed in 2006
	21st December 2005		More Nursing Homes Meeting Care Standards - But RNHA Calls for Funding Review to Support Further Improvements
	3rd November 2005		Government, Local Authorities and NHS Need to Get Their Act Together to Prevent More Winter Deaths
	25th October 2005		Review of Care Home Regulation 'A Damp Squib', Says RNHA
	27th August 2005		RNHA Calls for Justice in Review of Continuing Care Criteria to OFT Report on Care Home Fees
	1st August 2005		RNHA Calls for Justice in Review of Continuing Care Criteria
	16th May 2005		Will the New Health Secretary be a Better Listener Than Her Predecessors? - Nursing Homes Ask
	5th May 2005		Call for New Government to Extend 'Direct Payments' to Aid Older People's Choice of Nursing Home Care
	4th May 2005		Blair to Face £4 Billion Invoice for 'Short-Changing' Britain's Senior Citizens
	27th April 2005		A Manifesto for Older People Who Need Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in East Anglia Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in East Midlands Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in London Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in North West Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in the North of England Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in Scotland Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in the South West Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in West Midlands Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	26th April 2005		Older Voters in Yorkshire and Humberside Urged to Check on Political Parties' Funding for Nursing Home Care
	31st March 2005		A Tale of Two Councils as Neath Port Talbot Financial Help for Elderly Falls Behind Swansea
	21st March 2005		Government's Social Care Green Paper Condemned as 'Woolly' and 'One Sided'
	16th March 2005		Chancellor's Statement: Government Reorganisation Fever Questioned
	15th March 2005		Swansea Nursing Homes Welcome Council's Fee Increase for Care of Older Patients But Say More Cash Will be Needed Over the Next Year
	4th March 2005		Older People Being Financially Abused by the State - Claim
	25th February 2005		Government Risks Accusations of Hypocrisy if National Minimum Wage Not Matched by Increased Resources for Care Sector
	24th February 2005		RNHA to Spearhead Anti-Abuse Strategy
	10th February 2005		Massive Rise in Fees Charged by Government Regulator Condemned by Nursing Home Body: Older People Marginalised Yet Again - Claim
	1st February 2005		RNHA Welcomes King's Fund Review of Care for Older People
	22nd December 2004		Older People Lose Out as Government Caps Rise in NHS Contribution to Care Costs
	8th December 2004		'Shameful' Comments by Health Minister Betray Prejudice Against Care Homes
	6th December 2004		Councils No Longer Able to Hide Their Obligations to Britain's 'Cinderellas' - Nursing Homes React to Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report
	13th October 2004		Nursing Homes Welcome Extension of Criminal Records Bureau Checks to the NHS, but Question the Omission of POVA Checks
	1st July 2004		Derek Whittaker Receives First-Ever Lifetime Achievement Award from RNHA
	28th June 2004		Exclusion of Role of Local Authority Purchasing from OFT Study of Care Homes is a 'Public Scandal'
	20th April 2004		Nursing Home Leaders Echo Community Nurses' Call for Realistic Funding to Solve Bed Blocking
	20th April 2004		Call to Curb Financial Abuse of Older People by Failure to Fund Care
	17th March 2004		Report on Medicines in Care Homes is Flawed, Claims RNHA
	17th March 2004		Nursing Homes' Plea to Government to Cover Cost of National Minimum Wage Increase: Warnings of Further Financial Crisis to Hit Care Sector
	3rd March 2004		OFT Decision not to Investigate Local Authority Care Payments is a 'Cop Out', Say Nursing Home Representatives
	5th January 2004		Delayed Hospital Discharges: Elderly at Risk Because Care System is 'Muddling Through Winter'
	2nd January 2004		One Law for the Public Sector and One Law for the Private Sector in Care Delivery: RNHA Attacks Decision by Office of Fair Trading

Here you will find a list of all the news releases issued by the RNHA between March 2000 and now. Depending on the topic, RNHA news releases are sent to the relevant national, regional, local and specialist media. To view a particular news release, simply click on the title.

5th January 2006

21st December 2005

3rd November 2005

25th October 2005

27th August 2005

1st August 2005

16th May 2005

5th May 2005

4th May 2005

27th April 2005

26th April 2005

26th April 2005

26th April 2005

26th April 2005

26th April 2005

26th April 2005

26th April 2005

26th April 2005

26th April 2005

31st March 2005

21st March 2005

16th March 2005

15th March 2005

4th March 2005

25th February 2005

24th February 2005

10th February 2005

1st February 2005

22nd December 2004

8th December 2004

6th December 2004

13th October 2004

1st July 2004

28th June 2004

20th April 2004

20th April 2004

17th March 2004

17th March 2004

3rd March 2004

5th January 2004

2nd January 2004

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