The RNHA has welcomed a pledge by the new Care Quality Commission (CQC) to enter into 'a continual constructive dialogue' with providers of long-term care services, including nursing homes. The RNHA hopes it marks the start of a new era in which those who regulate care services and those who provide them will work together for the benefit of those who use the services.

This section of our web site gives the latest news from regulators responsible for registration and inspection of nursing homes across the UK.
  In addition, it provides access to guidance logs used by inspectors in England to check how well nursing homes are meeting national minimum standards of care. The logs can also be used to help clarify how the standards should be interpreted.

The Department of Health has issued a level 2 heatwave alert, with a call for particular vigilance regarding the health of vulnerable people living in care homes (please click here for further information about the precautions to take). 

With the World Health Organisation having declared a swine flu pandemic, the importance of basic hygiene precautions is further underlined.  On its members’ behalf the RNHA is monitoring the statements issued by authoritative sources.  For the latest information from the Department of Health about the scale and spread of the virus, please click here)  For planning guidance from the Department of Health to commissioners and providers of social care, please click here.  For a position statement from the Nursing and Midwifery Council about the role of nurses during the swine flu outbreak, please click here.

Nursing homes provide 24-hour care to nearly 200,000 people across the UK, many with multiple and often complex health problems. In this section of our web site, you can obtain up-to-date information and comment about, or relevant to, the sector from different sources including the RNHA, Counsel and Care, Brunswick’s Health Review and a range of other organisations and individuals.

The RNHA has welcomed an acknowledgement by the Department of Health that low levels of pay in the social care sector are a cause for concern and is calling for action to address the problem in both now and for the long term.

The Care Quality Commission has launched a consultation on guidance outlining what health and adult social care services will need to do in order to meet new legally enforceable registration standards. 

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