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Nursing homes deserve credit for improved performance

29 January 2009

Nursing homes deserve credit for improved performanceNursing homes should be congratulated on the significant improvements they have made over the past five years in meeting national minimum care standards, RNHA chief executive officer Frank Ursell believes.

His comments follow publication of the Commission for Social Care Inspection's (CSCI) latest report on the state of social care in England, which shows that over the past five years the average percentage of care standards being met by nursing homes for older people has risen from 60% to 82%.

Click here to listen to Frank Ursell's Radio 5 Live interview

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