Letter to PM condemning onslaught on rights
Care Rights UK co-sign a letter alongside 25 organisations
Our letter to Ministers
We have written to Ministers about their plans to make visiting a new ‘fundamental standard’ for all health and care services, outlining some of our thoughts and concerns.
Tell us about your experience of care
Have you experienced or witnessed poor care in a care setting in the past two years? If so, please help by completing our short survey.
MPs write to Prime Minister requesting new legal right
MPs have written to the Prime Minister, requesting that he take forward the Care Supporters Bill, which would give us all the right to at least one Care Supporter.
Read our report on healthcare experiences during the pandemic
As part of our work for the official Covid-19 Inquiry , we conducted a survey to understand how healthcare in care homes was affected during the pandemic. Nearly 300 people responded.
Ask your MP to support the Care Supporters Bill
Help us achieve a new legal right to a Care Supporter - a relative or friend who can be there to support us when we’re using health and care services.
Our daring fundraiser for Gloria’s Law
We’re braving the world’s fastest zipwire to raise funds for our campaign
Government consultation on visiting: a backward step?
We wrote to Ministers about our concerns with their consultation on visiting
Evictions from care homes
Our work with researchers shows the harmful impact of evictions from care homes
Parliament takes a step closer to Gloria’s Law
Watch Dan Carden MP’s powerful speech in favour of the new right to a Care Supporter - Gloria’s Law.
Hot weather in care
With hot weather coming this weekend, read our advice on staying safe in care
Help us fight for care rights
We have been making great strides to push for a new right for people needing care, but we need your help to get it over the line! Please take 1, 2 or even 3 quick actions to help.
Ensuring lessons are learnt in the COVID-19 public inquiry
Our role as core participants in the COVID-19 public inquiry
R&RA joins the Carer Poverty Coalition
The Relatives and Residents Association is delighted to announce that we have joined the Carer Poverty Coalition, a group of leading charities and organisations working to combat poverty and financial hardship among family carers across the UK.
Not just ‘visitors’: partners in care
R&RA hosted a special episode of the The Caring View, to share the voices of three supporters, who spoke powerfully about their experiences of being a relative to someone living in care.
No case for the Bill of Rights Bill
R&RA welcomes the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ (JCHR) damning report on the Bill of Rights Bill, which argues that ‘there is no case for this Bill’. We wholeheartedly agree.
Ask your MP to help us achieve a new right to a Care Supporter
The Relatives & Residents Association is calling for a new legal right, which will ensure that people can maintain contact with their family or friends across health and care settings.
Review of the year
2022 has been another very challenging year for people needing care. Our small team has worked tirelessly to make sure older people’s voices are heard and to push for their rights to be respected.
Autumn Statement: our response
The Autumn Statement by the Chancellor included some headline-catching announcements on social care. He promised an ‘increase in funding available for the social care sector of up to £2.8 billion next year and £4.7 billion the year after’.
Compliance with visiting guidance must be monitored
R&RA has urged the Care Quality Commission to be far more rigorous in helping to end isolation in care.