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Valuing carers 2011
— calculating the value of carers' support | | Author(s) | Lisa Buckner, Sue Yeandle |
| Corporate Author | Carers UK; Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities, University of Leeds |
| Publisher | Carers UK, London, 2011 |
| Pages | 16 pp |
| Source | http://circle.leeds.ac.uk/files/2012/08/110512-cir... |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Costs [care] ; Census ; Econometrics. |
| Annotation | This paper updates the estimate of the value of carers' support published by Carers UK in 2007 in. 'Valuing carers - calculating the value of unpaid care'. There are more than six million carers, family, friends and neighbours who provide unpaid care to someone who is ill, frail or disabled. The care they provide to help sustain people in their own homes and in their own communities is vital, as without it, society would collapse. The main key point is that the economic value of the contribution made by carers in the UK amounts to £119 billion per year, which is considerably more than the annual cost of all aspects of the NHS (£98.8 in 2009-2010). This latest figure is 37% higher than the 2007 estimate, and is equivalent to £2.3 billion per week, £326 million per day, £13.6 million per hour, and £18,473 for every carer in the UK. The 2001 Census included a question on provision of unpaid care which was repeated in the 2011 Census. This paper provides figures that are derived from both, for all local authorities in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-151118001 E |
| Classmark | P6: QDC: S4C: WE |
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