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Here you will find a list of all the news releases issued by the RNHA between March 2000 and December 2001.

 

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

 

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

 

20 December 2000

 

'Too Little, Too Late' Warning as Cash-Strapped Nursing Homes Struggle to Stay Open

 

26 January 2001

 

Nursing Homes Call on Westminster Government to Match the Scottish Executive in Concern for Elderly

 

26 February 2001

 

Doubts Raised About Cost-Effectiveness of Government's Hospital Building Programme

 

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

 

3 March 2001

 

Government Accused of Bad Faith on New Minimum Care Standards: Nursing Homes Foresee Bureaucratic Nightmare

 

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

 

27 March 2001

 

'Government Risks Perpetuating Ageism': RNHA Response to National Service Framework for Older People

 

3 April 2001

 

Nursing Homes Call on West Midlands Local Authorities to Match Government's Lead on Income Support Payments

 

22 May 2001

 

'We Cannot Carry on Kidding Ourselves About Elderly Care' - Warning To Election Candidates

 

17 July 2001

 

'Not Enough' - Nursing Home Leaders Tell Government About NHS-Funded Nursing Care

 

19 July 2001

 

£10 A Day Proposal for 'Free Nursing Care' Like a Slap With a Cold Flannel

 

17 August 2001

 

Government's Pledge of Free Nursing Care For All Falls Well Short of Expectations: RNHA Response to Consultation Document

 

22 August 2001

 

Government 'Waisting Money' on Converting Old Nightingale Wards While Nursing Home Beds are Under-Used

 

27 September 2001

 

Attack on Government's 'Cheap-Skate' Approach to Free Nursing Care

 

8 October 2001

 

Stark Warning of More Nursing Home Closures Across Wales - Sector Leaders Call for Urgent Action as Financial Crisis Deepens

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11 December 2001

 

Anglia and Oxford Region Suffers Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care

 

11 December 2001

 

North Thames Region Suffers Biggest Fall in Nursing Home Numbers: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care

 

11 December 2001

 

North West Region Suffers Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care

 

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

 

11 December 2001

 

South Thames Region Suffers Big Fall in Nursing Home Numbers: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care

 

11 December 2001

 

South Thames Region Suffers Big Fall in Nursing Home Numbers: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care

 

11 December 2001

 

Trent Region Suffers Biggest Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care

 

11 December 2001

 

West Midlands Region Suffers Big Fall in Nursing Home Beds: Government Policies Taking Country in Wrong Direction on Long-Term Care

 

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

 

13 December 2001

 

Bleak Prospects for Worcestershire's Older People - County Council to Spend Well Below Expected Level on Services

 

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

 

20 December 2001

 

Government Locked in 'Ivory Tower' Mentality over Waiting Lists and Bed Blocking - Nursing Homes Question Ministers' Willingness to Listen

 

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

 

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

 

20 December 2001

 

'Fiddling' of Waiting Lists at Warwick Hospital - Government Inaction on Bed Blocking and Funding of Community Care May Have Contributed

 

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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