Are You a Carer?
If you are please let us know – we may be able to help you. You can let us know by calling us, visiting us, or completing the online form.
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.
There is a wealth of information on the NHS website about carers and caring. Below are some links we hope you will find useful.
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