New Government letter to identify unpaid carers to help avoid long queues for boosters

18-Dec-21

Government today (Friday 17.12.2021) has taken steps to ensure that unpaid carers can use a specific letter to identify themselves to gain priority for the booster jabs for COVID-19 along with paid care workers, if there are long queues...

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New Living with Dementia Toolkit

29-Nov-21

Welcome to the Living with Dementia Toolkit for people with dementia and their carers. This set of resources is based on research, and the expert experiences of people with dementia and their carers...

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Care Sector Hit Hard By Staffing Shortages

16-Nov-21

See:  https://www.cwherald.com/news/care-sector-hit-hard-by-staffing-shortages/...

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Council pledges £7m to support social care through winter

04-Nov-21

Cumbria County Council has committed £7m to a new emergency social care sustainability fund to support the struggling social care sector through this winter. The announcement comes as social care providers around the county report increasing difficulty recruiting and retaining staff in the face of increasing wages in other employment sectors, the impact of the Government’s ‘no jab, no job’ rule and the ongoing pressure caused by the pandemic...

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Unpaid carers worried about the financial strain on top of continued reduced access to support

03-Nov-21

One in three carers in Scotland (33%) are struggling to make ends meet 42% of carers say their financial situation has deteriorated since the pandemic Carers spend an estimated £1,106...

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Carers UK briefing - Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 - what it means for unpaid carers

02-Nov-21

This briefing sets out the most relevant announcements with regard to unpaid carers from the Autumn Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review 2021, delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, on 27 October 2021...

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Homecare costs outstrip funding from councils, says report

25-Oct-21

See:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59008554  Cumbria is the 2nd lowest paying Authority in the country....

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#DoesRishiCare?

04-Oct-21

I am getting in touch to ask that you to support and promote the petition we have just launched as part of the #KeepYourPromiseBoris campaign that Carers UK is running alongside other members of the ...

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Unpaid carers - booster vaccines

30-Sept-21

Improving identification of unpaid carers in primary care Phase 3 delivery of the COVID-19 booster vaccinations includes unpaid carers prioritised in cohort 6...

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Unpaid Carers to receive 1 weeks unpaid leave to balance job and care needs.

27-Sept-21

Under new Government proposals announced this week workers will get more choice over when and where they work. Separately, the Government has also announced that it will be giving unpaid carers who are balancing a job in addition to caring for a dependant with long-term needs one week’s unpaid leave, as a day one right...

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