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Valuing carers 2015
— the rising value of carers' support | | Author(s) | Lisa Buckner, Sue Yeandle |
| Corporate Author | University of Sheffield; Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities - CIRCLE, University of Leeds |
| Publisher | Carers UK, London, 2015 |
| Pages | 23 pp |
| Source | Download at: http://www.carersuk.org/for-professionals/policy/p... |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Costs [care] ; Census ; Econometrics. |
| Annotation | An update of Carers UK's 2011 report, 'Valuing carers: calculating the value of carers' support'. Key findings include: the economic value of the contribution made by carers in the UK is now £132 billion per year, almost double its value in 2001 (£68 billion); £132 billion is close to the total annual cost of health spending in the UK; carers' contribution is 7% higher than the figure for 2011, mostly because carers are providing more hours of care (82%) and partly due to the increased hourly cost of paid homecare (18%); and the value of the contribution made by the UK's carers saves the public purse huge sums: £2.5 billion per week. (NH/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151113503 E |
| Classmark | P6: QDC: S4C: WE |
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