Working with Adult Carers - Health
This section focuses on providing information and resources on good practice for health professionals working with carers.
Primary Care
Primary care is often the first point of contact for many carers in terms of identification and referral. Find out how to make your practice more carer-friendly.
Hospitals
The moment at which a patient is discharged from hospital can be crucial in terms of the identification and referral of carers. Find out how you can make the discharge process work most effectively for carers.
Health and Wellbeing
Carers are key partners in keeping patients out of hospital. They also suffer health effects from caring. Paying attention to carers can help the public health agenda.
Mental Health
In this section we provide specialist advice and information for mental health professionals, such as key services and the latest on legislation and guidance.
Carers in the Workforce
Over three million people combine work and care. Find out more about the needs of carers in your workforce, and the skills carers and former carers can bring into the NHS.
Preventing Crisis for Carers
The Moffat Programme is a groundbreaking new project in Scotland to identify and support carers. It's initiative Preventing Crisis for Carers shows how strong partnerships clearly benefit carers.
Out of Hospital Report
Learnings from the Trust's 'Out of Hospital' Project
Out of Hospital Report
Older carers health
70% older carers say their health suffers.
Older carers health
RCGP guide
Our guide for GPs, developed with the RCGP
RCGP guide
New NHS money for carers
£400m allocated to Primary Care Trusts
New NHS money for carers
Commissioning for Carers
Guide for commissioners in health and social care
Commissioning for Carers
