We support, inform and speak on behalf of older people in care
16 July 2018: David Barton, owner and manager of Barton Park Nursing Home, was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Friday. He had abused his position of trust as a registered owner by defrauding residents, using cruel and heartless tactics to manipulate them and exploit their worst fears. CQC, the regulator, should pay greater […] Read More...
5 July 2018 – Today is the 70th anniversary of the “Appointed Day” when the National Health Service Act 1946 and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 were brought into force on 5 July 1948. Creating the free universal National Health Service amid austerity and the aftermath of the second world war was an […] Read More...
22 June 2018: The ‘postponement’ of the Green Paper is a further blow to the Adult Social Care sector. There is a mixture of depression and anger in the reaction so far. Optimists surmise that things can only get better… Pessimists point out that a mere four weeks before its planned publication, there appears to […] Read More...
19 June 2018: The recent announcement heralding a brave new world for the NHS was sadly short-lived. Almost before the IFS (Institute of Fiscal Studies) could rubbish its rash promise of a Brexit dividend, it was deemed ‘tosh’ by Tory MP and Chair of the Health Select Committee, Sarah Wollaston. Others weren’t slow in joining […] Read More...
Blog Post by Des Kelly OBE, R&RA Trustee 25 May 2018: The report published this week by the Alzheimer’s Society ‘Dementia – the true cost: fixing the care crisis’ has a refreshing emphasis on action rather than analysis. The report seeks to ‘turn up the volume of the voices of people affected by dementia who […] Read More...
I’ll be honest from the outset – I probably haven’t given the issue of oral health in care settings as much thought as I now realise I should have! The presentation by Katy Kerr, Regional Dental Adviser at Health Education England, at the Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) Annual Conference held as usual at The […] Read More...
give the care workforce the attention it requires, so that the sector has the right people to provide consistently safe and high-quality care. 15 March 2018: The Chancellor’s statement continued to ignore the plight of older people needing care. This is despite the growing mountain of evidence from the National Audit Office (NAO), among many […] Read More...
For immediate release Wednesday 28 February It is time for the Government to start valuing the role of care workers and those they work for by introducing a mandatory, national training programme The Relatives and Residents Association (R&RA) is calling for mandatory training for social care workers within the evidence it has given to […] Read More...
This is the forthright and unequivocal statement from the head of the National Audit Office (NAO) on the newly published report* The adult social care workforce in England. Amyas Morse went on to emphasise that: without a valued and rewarded workforce, adult social care cannot fulfil its crucial role of supporting elderly and vulnerable people in […] Read More...
6 February 2018: Last weekend, an elderly care home resident died as a result of a fire in a Hertfordshire care home and six others were in hospital. After the Grenfell Tower tragedy last year, we asked why no further action had been taken in England following the recommendations made after the 14 deaths caused […] Read More...