News Releases issued in 2002

Registered Nursing Home Association

Here you will find a list of all the news releases issued by the RNHA between January 2002 and December 2002.

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	28 January 2002		Nursing Homes say they are 'Scapegoats' for Chronic Under-funding of Care for Nation's Older People
	12 February 2002		Conscientious Nurses Overlooked by Unbalanced Report - RNHA Claim
	19 February 2002		Nursing Homes Cannot Provide Top Quality Care for Bargain Basement Prices - Dispute with Swansea and Newport Social Services Departments Over Fees
	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
	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
	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
	25 March 2002		Pembrokeshire Nursing Homes Accuse Social Services Director of 'Dirty Tricks' Over Publicly Funded Patients
	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
	27 March 2002		Nursing Home Leaders Welcome Introduction of Consistent Care Standards But Warn the Government of a 'Mess of its Own Making'
	27 March 2002		Nursing Homes Say Milburn's 'Banged Up' Quip Reveals Government's True Colours on Care Sector
	8 April 2002		Social Services Accused of 'Double Standards' on Pay
	10 April 2002		Massive Jobs Loss Predicted for Pembrokeshire
	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
	10 May 2002		Positive Climate in Nursing Homes' Crisis Talks with Welsh Assembly Members
	31 May 2002		Nursing Homes Call on Government to Meet the Real Costs and Prevent a Financial Meltdown
	19 June 2002		Report Recommends £459 Per Week for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Sceptical about Government Response
	20 June 2002		Local councils in the West Midlands Nowhere Near a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Ask: Are They Content to be the 'Skinflints'?
	25 June 2002		Local councils in the North West Nowhere Near a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Ask: Are They Content to be the 'Skinflints'?
	25 June 2002		Local councils in the North East Nowhere Near a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Ask: Are They Content to be the 'Skinflints'?
	25 June 2002		Local councils in the East Midlands Nowhere Near a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Ask: Are They Content to be the 'Skinflints'?
	25 June 2002		Local councils in Yorkshire and Humberside Nowhere Near a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Ask: Are They Content to be the 'Skinflints'?
	27 June 2002		Local councils in East Anglia Not Paying a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People
	27 June 2002		Local councils in the South West Nowhere Near a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Ask: Are They Content to be the 'Skinflints'?
	28 June 2002		Local c ouncils in the Scotland Nowhere Near a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Ask: Are They Content to be the 'Skinflints'?
	28 June 2002		Lo cal councils in the Wales Nowhere Near a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People: Nursing Homes Ask: Are They Content to be the 'Skinflints'?
	4 July 2002		Social Services in Bedfordshire and Luton Not Paying a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People
	4 July 2002		Social Services in Hertfordshire Not Paying a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People
	10 July 2002		Social Services in Essex Not Paying a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People
	10 July 2002		Social Services in Berkshire Not Paying a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People
	10 July 2002		Social Services in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Not Paying a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People
	10 July 2002		Social Services in Hampshire and the South Not Paying a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People
	11 July 2002		Social Services in Sussex and Brighton Not Paying a 'Fair Price' for Care of Older People
	16 July 2002		Over-Hyped Spending Review Ignores UK's 'Forgotten Legions of Most Needy Old Folk'
	24 July 2002		"Show us that You are Really Serious About Saving the Nursing Home Sector": RNHA Response to Alan Milburn's Statement on Services for Older People
	19 August 2002		RNHA Welcomes Government's New 'Wave of Realism' on Care Standards
	4 September 2002		Nursing Homes Welcome Minister's 'Flexible Approach' to Care Standards - But Warn of Continuing Financial and Staffing Problems
	26 September 2002		Shadow Health Minister Says Free Nursing Care has Not Worked Out as Expected
	10 October 2002		Massive Increase Predicted in Demand for Elderly Care
	2 December 2002		County Council's Care Beds Plan 'Bad Value for Money' Claim
	2 December 2002		Extra £1 Billion for NHS Pay Brings Call from Nursing Homes for Equal Treatment from the Government
	3 December 2002		Government's 'Crazy Logic' Under Fire for NHS to Social Services Money Transfer
	30 December 2002		'Government Still Failing on Free Nursing Care': Nursing Homes Call for New Realism on Costs

Here you will find a list of all the news releases issued by the RNHA between January 2002 and December 2002.

28 January 2002

12 February 2002

19 February 2002

21 February 2002

28 February 2002

11 March 2002

12 March 2002

25 March 2002

26 March 2002

27 March 2002

27 March 2002

8 April 2002

10 April 2002

10 April 2002

7 May 2002

10 May 2002

31 May 2002

19 June 2002

20 June 2002

25 June 2002

25 June 2002

25 June 2002

25 June 2002

27 June 2002

27 June 2002

28 June 2002

28 June 2002

4 July 2002

4 July 2002

10 July 2002

10 July 2002

10 July 2002

10 July 2002

11 July 2002

16 July 2002

24 July 2002

19 August 2002

4 September 2002

26 September 2002

10 October 2002

2 December 2002

2 December 2002

3 December 2002

30 December 2002

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