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There are many benefits to letting your GP practice know that you are a carer. These may include: Access to a named Carers Champion Signposting to useful information and support Providing appointments at convenient times Providing health checks and flu vaccinations Involving you in the planning of care of the person you look after .

Eastwood memory cafe opens on Tuesday the 9th of May and will be held thereafter on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. It will be held at Plumptre Hall Eastwood NG16 3BS from 12:15 – 3PM If you are interested in attending please complete the registration form below Guest Registration Form and return it to eastwoodmemorycafe@btinterenet.com … Eastwood Memory Cafe

Carers UK would be grateful for your input into a study they are carrying out for the Department of Health over the next couple of weeks. They are looking at the range of carers passports schemes which exist and examining how useful they are in improving recognition and support for carers. And where these passport … Carers passports – your thoughts please…

Nottingham Health & Care Point The way in which Nottingham citizens can get help and advice on health and social care services in Nottingham has been recently improved. The city’s Health and Care Point phone service has been streamlined and simplified to reduce the number of options faced by callers. With effect from 16 January 2017 … Nottingham Health & Care Point – New Phone Service

Pamela Robinson has been nominated for Nottingham Carer of the Year Award in the category of family carer, sponsored by the Carers Federation who have been supporting unpaid carers In Nottingham and Nottinghamshire since 1992. Pamela was nominated by her daughter who Pamela cared for when she was ill as well as caring for her … Carers Federation sponsor award for unpaid carers

With the support of Carer Champions in medical practices across the south of Nottinghamshire, Carers Federation have developed our Carer Champion Good Practice Guidelines

Could your organisation be awarded the Quality Standard for Carer Support? Both young and adult carers can be affected by the impact of juggling a caring role with employment and/or education. If you are interested in gaining QSCS status you can contact a member of the team who can provide more information and discuss with … Quality Carer Standard for your organisation?

Carers Federation welcomes the independent report it commissioned into support it provides to carers. Written by Pam Weeden of The Four Cornerstones Ltd, the report provides a balanced view of the company’s strengths and weaknesses and makes some important recommendations for future improvements. Read the report here.   Chief Executive Rob Gardiner comments “It’s good … Independent Report into carers support services

It gives us pleasure to introduce the Carers Federation Annual Report 2015/2016 which sets out what we have achieved over the past year, and offers a glance at our future plans. This has been another year of big changes and great progress. Click here to read about our accomplishments and highlights, and how we have made … Carers Federation Annual Report 2015/16

At yesterday’s Regional Triangle of Care meeting the Trust’s Triangle of Care submission was successful and they  were awarded a gold star for completing phase 1. They presented their journey to build a carer friendly trust and submitted a report and  64 self-assessments for 74 ward and crisis teams. There was praise for how they … Congratulations to Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust