Four charities have come together to give their backing to the Personal Care at Home bill, which was due for its second reading in Parliament on 1 February.  Age Concern / Help the Aged, Counsel and Care, Parkinson’s Disease Society and Carers UK issued a joint statement in support of the Bill, which promises free [...]

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The charity Carers UK reports that carers are at an increased risk of developing personal health problems due to the physical and psychological strain of caring. Those that care for a relative or friend for 15 hours or more every day are twice as likely to suffer from a short or long term illness, [...]

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MPs have discussed some of the problems faced by the UK’s army of unpaid carers in a report issued by the Committee of Public Accounts. Around £2 billion is paid out annually in benefits to the 900,000 carers who claim them. Their work saves the Government over £23 billion in social and health [...]

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Below is a selection of official responses to the Green Paper on the future of adult social care in England that was published on 14 July. To read Cheselden’s official response, click here. [link to response in Media section]
Social and health care sector responses
‘The NHS is responsible for funding the nursing care of [...]

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Imelda Redmond, Chief Executive of Carers UK, writes in the Guardian that the present social care system needs to change, with carers and the people to be placed at the centre. She describes the difficulties and obstacles faced by the UK’s six million unpaid carers, with information and support hard to find and often [...]

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The Right Care, Right Deal coalition consists of three UK charities – Carers UK, Counsel & Care and Help the Aged. They are campaigning for the Government to stop councils taking decisions on an adult’s eligibility and entitlement to social care. They want the Government to create a national system for England. [...]

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