Caring for Carers Helping primary care to support carers

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Helping primary care to support carers

Caring for Carers

Supporting Carers in General Practice

The Royal College of General

Practitioners, with funding from the

Department of Health, is developing the

Caring for Carers Hub as a part of the

Supporting Carers in General Practice

programme

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Rationale

•  A one-stop-shop primarily for primary care staff to access

information to more effectively support carers in their

caring role

•  Secondary use for those involved in integrated health and

social care

•  Bring together existing resources from RCGP and other

stakeholder organisations into one easy-access portal

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About Caring for Carers

The Caring for Carers Hub will provide

information for professionals about how

to help carers focus on their own health

and wellbeing, whilst looking after

someone else

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Key stakeholders

External stakeholders involved in the

development of the Hub include the

Department of Health, NHS England, the

Government’s Standing Commission for

Carers, Carers Trust, Carers UK and many

more

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Pilot sites

We have piloted the development of local Caring for Carers

Hubs in the following localities:

•  Bedfordshire

•  Camden

•  Hammersmith and Fulham

•  Kensington and Chelsea

•  Sunderland, and

•  Westminster

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Local Hubs

Each local Hub will provide access to existing

national resources, from the RCGP and other

organisations relevant to carer needs,

alongside local information about services,

support groups and resources unique to that

particular locality

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Expertly curated content

Content of the Hub has been developed

in collaboration with the expert

stakeholders and has utilised the RCGP’s

networks of clinicians with an expertise

in supporting carers

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Key features

•  A coherent structure reflecting carers needs

•  Signposting people to existing high quality

sources of information

•  Accessible and easy to use

•  Customise with local information

•  Available on mobile, tablet and desktop devices

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Benefits

•  Provide advice and guidance on developing a

local carers' strategy

•  Provide advice about how to identify and

assess carer’s needs

•  Help signpost carers to the services available

and the things they can expect from accessing

these services

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Benefits

•  Provide carers with information about

!  How to maintain their health and wellbeing

!  Opportunities for respite for the person they

care for, helping to prevent unplanned

admission to hospital for carers in crisis

•  Provide advice about how to work with carers

to identify red flags

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Benefits

•  Provide advice about how to help carers navigate

the health and social care systems and facilitate

coordination of support, helping to ease the

related emotional and practical burden

•  Help ensure a holistic approach is taken by

considering education, links to social care,

secondary care and charitable organisations, as

well as supporting carers to stay in work

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