Residential And Nursing Care

EDM number 344 in 2001-02, proposed by Norman Lamb on 01/11/2001.

That this House welcomes the campaign launched by the Norfolk Independent Care Homes organisation which is aimed at highlighting the growing crisis in residential and nursing care; notes the significant loss of beds in nursing homes and residential care homes as a result of owners concluding that with current fee levels and increasing costs there is no viable future; recognises that this is likely to cause even more severe bed-blocking in acute hospitals and the potential for a severe shortage of places for some of the most vulnerable elderly people; and accordingly calls on the Government to review current funding levels, particularly in the light of the proposed new care standards which will increase costs still further.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.