News Releases 2000-2001

Registered Nursing Home Association


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

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

1 March 2000

19 December 2000

19 December 2000

20 December 2000

26 January 2001

26 February 2001

1 March 2001

3 March 2001

6 March 2001

27 March 2001

3 April 2001

22 May 2001

17 July 2001

19 July 2001

17 August 2001

22 August 2001

27 September 2001

8 October 2001

10 October 2001

11 October 2001

11 October 2001

11 October 2001

11 October 2001

11 October 2001

11 October 2001

11 October 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

11 December 2001

13 December 2001

18 December 2001

20 December 2001

20 December 2001

20 December 2001

20 December 2001

20 December 2001

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