What is a carer?
A carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid.
Why you should inform the Practice if you are a carer
If you care for someone, it’s a good idea to let us know so that we can add this to your medical record. Doing so means we will be able to offer tailored advice and offer you additional support for things such as flu vaccinations, regular health checkups and mental health screening.
Once registered as a carer, we can assist you in a number of ways, including:
Health reviews yearly are advised for all carer’s so we can help keep you well to be able to care for others. This may include the offer of any vaccinations you are eligible for.
- providing information and advice on medical conditions/treatments for the person you care for to help you feel more confident in your caring role
- arrange home visits to you or the person you care for if your caring responsibilities make it difficult to attend appointments
- arrange ‘double’ appointments for both you and the person you care for at the same time to avoid having to visit the surgery more than once
- provide supporting letters and information to enable you and the person you care for to access benefits such as Attendance Allowance or a blue badge scheme
- The surgery work with other agencies for new information and support. Wired send lots of information to the practice which is then shared with our registered carer’s
- Wired would also like any unpaid carers to register with them so an assessment for support or carers needs can be carried out.
Carer registration form
Page last reviewed: 3 December 2024