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September 29, 2019

Carers UK Response to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Select Committee report, which states that adult social care needs an immediate funding injection to meet current pressures

Responding to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Select Committee report published today, 04.08.22, which states that adult social care needs an immediate funding injection to meet current pressures, Helen Walker, Chief Executive of Carers UK said: “We strongly welcome this important report and its recognition of the vital… [...]

Financial impact of Covid-19 pandemic on unpaid carers even harder amongst under-represented groups

Unpaid carers from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds suffered even greater pressures including further economic hardship from the nations’ first lockdowns onwards, new data analysis by Carers UK suggests. ‘The experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Carers during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic’[i] is the latest of a… [...]

Carers UK comments on the latest ADASS figures, showing nearly 300,000 are now waiting for assessments for social care.

Helen Walker, Chief Executive of Carers UK, said: “The ongoing chronic shortage of social care services and care staff mean family members are left with no choice but to pick up more care. Unpaid carers are now providing more care than at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly those… [...]

Carers UK's response to the ADASS (Association of Directors of Social services) 2022 Spring survey

Responding to the ADASS (Association of Directors of Social services) 2022 Spring survey, Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK said: “That almost three quarters of Social Services Directors have reported rising numbers of breakdown of unpaid carer arrangements is the latest alarming evidence… [...]

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