RNHA
Registered Nursing Home Association
 The organisation that represents over 1,000 nursing homes across the UK has questioned the judgement of Channel 4's Big Brother producers for having instructed the programme's contestants to pretend to be residents and carers in the Last Legs Nursing Home for Retired Celebrities.
In a statement today, the RNHA said it was appalled that the programme's producers appeared to think it is acceptable to represent older people and nursing homes in such a puerile and ill-informed way.
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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. |
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CQC has just published proposals about how it would like to assess commissioners and providers of health and adult social care from 2010/11. For nursing homes, CQC wants to keep a rating system and is consulting on how many different grades there should be on the scale. CQC also wants to know what people think about the frequency of inspections and whether it should carrying out special quality reviews on, for example, dementia care, nutrition and hydration, use of restraint and the quality of nursing care. If you want CQC to take your views into account, you will need to respond by 27th April 2010. |
 All you need to know about the new compliance criteria for nursing home registration - and what will be required to re-register with CQC later this year - will be made available at each of the 12 RNHA roadshows scheduled to take place around the country between 16th February and 24th March. |
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. |
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Professional associations representing care sectors have produced a pack which will help home owners ensure that the care provided by their staff respects residents’ privacy, confidentiality and dignity. You can download the materials by clicking here.
Dignity in Care Day, 25th February 2010 Click here for further details about this forthcoming event. |
On 8th December 2009 the Care Quality Commission published new guidance to help providers of adult social care comply with the relevant regulations governing their business. Click here for Summary of Regulations, Outcomes and Judgement Framework. Click here for Essential Standards of Quality and Safety. Click here for Judgement Framework. |
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. For guidance from the Care Quality Commission to social care providers, please click here. For information about the new national pandemic flu service, please click here. For guidance from the ADASS and NHS West Midlands on business continuity in the event of an incident of any kind, please click here and here. |
