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Pressure points
— carers and the NHS | | Corporate Author | Carers UK |
| Publisher | Carers UK, London, 2016 |
| Pages | 25 pp (Research summary) |
| Source | Link to download: http://www.carersuk.org/for-professionals/policy/p... |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Usage [services] ; Accident & emergency depts ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Services ; Social surveys ; Case studies. |
| Annotation | Carers UK examined the role of carers in reducing emergency admissions and delayed transfers of care from hospital. Carers who had used 999 or Accident & Emergency (A&E) services over the previous year had done so because of a lack of access to other community health and social care services. This research summary also looks at preventing emergency care admissions, and how carers are not being consulted or involved in discharge from hospital - or only at the last minute. It finds that when carers are consulted about the discharge process, they are more likely to say that they feel they have a choice about caring for the person they look after. Carers UK make 11 recommendations about how vital it is that carers are identified and supported as a group, and for promoting the development of a Carer Friendly NHS. Funding for social care also need to improve over the short and longer term; and NHS Trusts, CCGs and local authorities need to work on integrated discharge policies. Case studies and examples of good practice illustrate ways in which improvements to carers' experiences can be achieved. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161007001 E |
| Classmark | P6: QLD: LD6: LD:QKJ: I: 3F: 69P * |
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