The carers' strategy sets out the Government's short-term agenda and long-term vision for the future care and support of carers
The carers' strategy is underpinned by £255 million to implement some immediate steps alongside with medium and long-term plans.
New commitments in the carers’ strategy include: £150 million towards planned short breaks for carers; £38 million towards supporting carers to enter or re-enter the job market and £6 million towards improving support for young carers. Other schemes include the piloting of annual health checks for carers to help them stay well and training for GPs to recognise and support carers. A more integrated and personalised support service for carers will be offered through easily accessible information, targeted training for key professionals to support carers, and pilots to examine how the NHS can better support carers.
Carers in Households - 2009/10 England contains provisional results of a survey DH commissioned to:
The survey found that 12% of people over 16 were caring for a sick, disabled or older person. This equates to 5 million carers in England.
Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England 2009-10 was a survey of carers’ experience of social services or health services. The survey seeks the views of carers on a range of issues and their views on the services and support they receive from health and social services.
Contact details for obtaining hard-copy DH publications.
Useful tips to ensure you get the most from PDFs and the free Reader program. Topics covered include accessibility, troubleshooting and searching files.
Bookmark with:
What are these?