Unpaid carers - booster vaccines

30-Sep-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-Sep-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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Responding to exceptional pressures on social care system in Cumbria

20-Sep-21

Please see the attached letter from John Readman - CCC executive Director - People in which he discusses the pressures on the social care system in Cumbria and what Cumbria intends to do....

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Carers’ Survey 2021

16-Sep-21

Please participate in the Carers' Survey you may receive. During Autumn 2021 a biennial survey of carers will be conducted by Cumbria County Council on behalf of the Department of Health...

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Government dismisses CCC challenge to unitary decision.

13-Sep-21

The government has dismissed Cumbria County Council's claim the decision to split the county into two unitary authorities is unlawful, according to a letter we've seen. The "east" and "west" Cumbria councils will take over in 2023...

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Find a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site

02-Sep-21

If you live in England and are aged 16 or over, you can get a COVID-19 vaccine from a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site without an appointment. You do not need to be registered with a GP or bring any ID...

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Cancer Patient Carer Representatives Needed

26-Aug-21

Cancer Services in North Cumbria are setting up a new Patient / Carer representative group to work with Cancer services providers to help improve services.  Could you help?...

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Carleton Carer Group

16-Aug-21

A Cumbrian based Carer group. A safe space where Carers can support and learn from each other.  The group will provide comfort and support to Carers who are caring for someone receiving support at Carleton Clinic...

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Self-isolation removed for double jabbed close contacts from 16 August

13-Aug-21

The main bits to take away from the article are: As of Monday, double jabbed individuals and under 18s who are identified as close contacts by NHS Test and Trace will be advised to take a PCR test as soon as possible to check if they have the virus and for variants of concern...

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State of Caring Survey 2021

05-Aug-21

Last year over 6,000 of you filled in our surveys about your experiences of caring during the pandemic. Your responses have helped us campaign successfully for better guidance, testing for carers, PPE for unpaid carers, carers' “support bubbles” and exemptions to allow carers to get a break...

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