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Carers

Are You a Carer?

If you are please let us know - we may be able to help you.

We are a Carer Friendly GP!

If you look after someone who couldn’t manage without your help, you may be an unpaid carer. Our practice is working with Devon Carers to ensure all unpaid carers registered with our surgery receive the best information, advice and support available to them.

How do I know if I am an unpaid carer?

Do you look after someone?
Do they have a medical condition, mental health illness or drug/alcohol addiction?
Would they struggle to cope without your support?

If yes – you are an unpaid carer!

How can our practice support you?

Identify and keep a register of carer
Actively support the mental and physical health and wellbeing of all carers registered with our surgery
Provide our staff with carer awareness training to enable them to support carers
Make our services accessible to all carers
Actively inform, involve and communicate with carers
Promote a carer friendly culture

How can I access support?

Firstly, tell our receptionist that you are an unpaid carer – they will note this on your patient record and can make a referral to Devon Carers on your behalf

We may be able to offer support such as:

Longer appointment times for you to accompany the person you care for
Offering you the opportunity to have a flu jab
Signposting to local services to assist you
Where appropriate, we will involve you in discussions around the persons care/treatment

We recommend that you register with Devon Carers. This is a service delivered by Devon-based charity Westbank and is commissioned jointly by Devon County Council and NHS Devon.

Devon Carers supports unpaid carers with the opportunity to access information, advice, and services such as:

Peer Support groups
Carers skills workshops
Carers Break Fund
Carers Assessment
Carer Friendly Devon
Quarterly magazine
Helpline
Help with planning for an emergency
Carers Passport with Carers ID card

Register with Devon Carers

Register for support - Devon Carers at Westbank
03456 434 435

Or ask a member of our staff, who will be able to make a referral on your behalf.

National Support

Carers UK

Caring will affect us all at some point in our lives. With your help, they can be there for the 6,000 people who start looking after someone each day.

Visit the Carers UK website

Carers Trust

Carers Trust is a major charity for, with and about carers. They work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems. Their vision is that unpaid carers count and can access the help they need to live their lives.

Visit the Carers Trust website