Carers UK, February 2019
The report finds that 2.6 million people in the UK have quit their job to care for a loved one who is older, disabled or seriously ill, with nearly half a million (468,000) leaving their job in the last two years alone. The report findings also show that more people are caring than previously thought, with almost 5 million workers now juggling their paid job with caring – a dramatic rise compared with Census 2011 figures of 3 million. The report recommends that employers support staff with caring responsibilities to stay in the workforce through flexible working arrangements and increased Carers’ leave.
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Category: Carers
Involving Patients and Carers in Quality Improvement Projects: A Practical Guide
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, January 2019
This guide explains how to involve patients and carers in Quality Improvement (QI) projects. The toolkit covers topics such as:
- How to pay service users and carers
- How to recruit service users and carers
- How to run effective and inclusive meetings
- How to induct service users and carers into a QI project meeting
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Ask Listen Do: Making conversations count in health, social care and education: Tips for health, social care and education organisations and practitioners
NHS England, November 2018
This Ask Listen Do resource shares tips for health, social care and education organisations and practitioners with the aim of making feedback, concerns and complaints easier for people with a learning disability, autistic people, families and carers.
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Carers action plan 2018 to 2020: supporting carers today
Department of Health and Social Care, September 2018
The plan sets out the cross-government programme of work to support carers over the next 2 years. It is structured around the following themes:
- services and systems that work for carers
- employment and financial wellbeing
- supporting young carers
- recognising and supporting carers in the wider community and society
- building research and evidence to improve outcomes for carers
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