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Durkan: Unpaid carers deserve recognition

SDLP Foyle MLA, Mark H Durkan, has reiterated calls for an increase in Carers Allowance to ensure an estimated 300,000 unpaid carers across the North are given the financial support they require and deserve. Mr Durkan said the introduction of a ...

07 Jun 2022 at 17:33

Unpaid carers increasingly worried about health and finances amid rise in hours

Unpaid carers are taking on “significantly more” hours and becoming increasingly worried about their physical and mental health and how they will cope financially, according to a report. Just under half of unpaid carers (46%) are worried about ...

08 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Unpaid carers facing ‘serious difficulties’ accessing NHS care, report warns

Unpaid carers and the loved ones they look after are experiencing serious difficulties accessing NHS care and their health is deteriorating as a result, research suggests. A third of carers (34%) have been waiting more than a year for ...

08 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Fewer unpaid carers receiving council support or respite breaks – think tank

Fewer unpaid carers are receiving council support or respite breaks, while official spending is falling, according to analysis revealing a “widening gulf” between Government rhetoric and reality. Millions of people who provide unpaid ...

10 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Local News

'We need to start investing properly in care work and unpaid carers' - O'Neill

People Before Profit has welcomed the Coalition of Carers Organisations NI report, "A New Deal for Unpaid Carers". Marking the importance of Carers Week and supporting the launch of the report, People Before Profit representative ...

09 Jun 2023 at 14:33

Scotland

Carers’ praised for ‘vital’ work as new benefit rolled out across Scotland

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary has praised the “vital” work done by unpaid carers as a new benefit to help them is rolled out to all of Scotland. Shirley-Anne Somerville said she was “delighted” that the Carer Support ...

04 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Right to unpaid care leave set to become law to help millions of people

A move to enable unpaid carers to take leave from their day jobs to help dependents is set to become law after clearing its final parliamentary hurdle. Millions are set to benefit from the legislation, which will create a ...

19 May 2023 at 11:42

Scotland

Crisis in health and social care takes heavy toll on unpaid carers, says charity

Unpaid carers in Scotland are having to endure “shocking” levels of poor health propping up a system that is in “crisis”, according to a leading national charity. The declaration comes as a report setting out the results ...

23 Nov 2023 at 09:17

Unpaid carer households lack own transport and cope with bad health – analysis

At least one in five households with an unpaid carer in some of the most built-up parts of the country have no private transport and have someone who is disabled or in bad health, new analysis shows. The areas include ...

05 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Research reveals huge increase in unpaid carers over past decade

England’s social care system is at “breaking point”, with the number of unpaid carers increasing by 70% over the past two decades, according to a report. Research for the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) ...

19 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Unpaid carers ‘feel increasingly socially isolated and unsupported in roles’

Unpaid carers are feeling increasingly socially isolated, stressed, depressed and not encouraged or supported in their roles, new NHS figures show. Fewer carers are able to take a break from caring for more than ...

24 Jun 2022 at 14:22

Scotland

Almost £280m given to unpaid carers since 2018

Payments to unpaid carers in Scotland have totalled almost £280 million since 2018. More than 150,000 people have benefited from the Carer’s Allowance Supplement which recognises unpaid carers. The benefit is ...

23 Feb 2024 at 10:04

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