Carers Support

Are you a carer?

A carer is someone who, without payment, provides help and support to a partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who would not manage without their help. This could be dut to age, physical or mental illness, addiction or disability.

Carers save Social Care and Health 57 billion a year!

Identifying yourself as a carer with your GP pracatice could be a gateway to support that could reduce the stress of your carning role and help you to give the quality of care you would choose to give, reduce your isolation and extend the length of time you are able to continue to provide that care

Useful Links

Carers Association Southern Staffordshire (CASS)

Carers UK

Support & Benefits for Carers (NHS)