RNHA
Registered Nursing Home Association
 The RNHA has challenged local authorities to demonstrate that despite government-imposed cuts they are meeting their legal obligations by setting social services budgets for the coming year that will meet the assessed needs of their most vulnerable populations. The challenge follows publication of the latest annual survey of social care budgets by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, which warned of further drastic cutbacks in expenditure on top of a 20% reduction since the start of the austerity programme in 2010.
|
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. |
|
|
Nursing homes, and members of the public wanting to find a good nursing home for themselves or a relative, stand to benefit from a new information service launched on the NHS Choices website, the RNHA believes. Visitors to the Care and Support section of the site will be able to type in the name of a place or postcode and see at a glance what nursing homes are available, what the different homes provide and how far they comply with CQC standards. Welcoming this initiative, RNHA national chairman Ian Turner said: "The NHS Choices website will give nursing homes the chance to tell people about improvements they have recently made to their services, or are planning to make in the near future, which is another factor people may wish to take into account when making up their minds." |
Most of the care home residents who took part in a study by the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the University of Kent told researchers that their actual experience of living in a care home had been better than they expected. Funding for the study was provided by the RNHA and the Department of Health. Click to download a copy of the full report or a summary version.
|
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. |
|
Earlier this year the Worcestershire -based English Symphony Orchestra (ESO) put on a wonderful performance at the magnificent Croome Court stately home near Pershore, which was attended by RNHA national chairman Ian Turner, chief executive officer Frank Ursell and other RNHA members. A live recording made at the event is now available on DVD. Proceeds will go towards funding future concerts in care homes as part of the wider national campaign to improve the quality of care provided to people with dementia. |
It has been announced that, from 1st April 2013, the NHS contribution towards the cost of nursing care provided to a care home resident will increase by 1% from £108.70 to £109.79 per week (standard rate) and from £149.60 to £151.10 (higher rate) for those individuals who were assessed prior to 1st October 2007 as having ‘high band’ needs. The Department of Health says these increases are in line with the increase of 1% in NHS nursing staff pay for 2013/14. |
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. |
