Are You a Carer?
If you are please let us know – we may be able to help you.
Are you looking after or providing support for a relative, friend or neighbour? Are you being helped or supported by a relative friend or neighbour?
It is important that we know if you are a carer so that we can make sure you receive information, services and the help that is available.
Please contact our Patient Services Team to find out how the surgery can support you in your carer role.
Contact Carers Direct
Telephone: 0808 802 0202
Email: CarersDirect@nhschoices.nhs.uk
Office Hours: Lines are open 8am to 9pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm at weekends. Calls are free from UK landlines.
Non-urgent advice: Information & Support
A guide to care and support: Information for carers and people who have care & support needs.
Caring for someone: Advice on providing care, medicines etc.
Care after hospital: Providing care for people who have been recently discharged from hospital.
Taking a break: Caring for someone can be a full-time job – find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
Support and benefits for carers: Caring for someone can be a full-time job – find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
Work and Disability: Guidance, support and help with employment issues.
Being a young carer: Advice for carers 18 or under and their entitlement to support
Benefits for the under-65s: Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefits that they are entitled to.
Benefits for the over-65s: Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.
Carer’s Assement: How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits
Other benefits: Advice for carers and the people they are looking after on claiming a whole host of other benefits unrelated to their disability or caring