Stephen Guillard was CEO of several large skilled nursing facility operators including HCR ManorCare and was chairman of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, a trade group that represents large for-profit nursing home companies.

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"Providing the best quality care for patients has always been at the heart of nursing, " he added.

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Gingrich criticized the doctors, hospitals, laboratories and nursing homes who have claimed lower fees would result in a lower quality of patient care.

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Glenn Turp, regional director at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said it had been warning the trust about concerns over quality of care for two years.

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