Yesterday we launched an open letter to the future Prime Minister, ahead of the upcoming #GeneralElection .

We want to thank the 1,054 people who have already added their name. Your support is hugely appreciated.

Join our campaign by signing it today!

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As Department for Work and Pensions continues to pursue carers who have unwittingly broken tough earnings rules, Carers UK warns that carers will have to cut their hours for the 5th year in a row as minimum wages rise faster than the earnings limit Emily Holzhausen OBE explains BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

Lindsay Burrow is the wife and carer of Rob Burrow CBE , a former rugby player diagnosed with motor neuron disease.

Tune in to Tonight at 8:30pm to hear Lindsay, and Carers UK's Helen Walker and David Michael Firth speak about the issues around unpaid care.

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Thank you to everyone who attended our World Lewy Body Day pre-event for Parliamentarians at Portcullis House this afternoon.

There was great interest in our campaign to shine a light on the underdiagnosed and misunderstood form of dementia that is Lewy body dementia.…

Great to see so many people at the Carers Wales conference and looking forward to talking about the potential of the Carer’s Leave Act 2023 in Wales when it comes into force.

Claire Morgan Carers Wales Director welcomes online and in-person attendees to the #CWConf23 . Organisations across health and social care and unpaid carers have come together with a focus on #FindingSolutions .

We are starting off our morning plenaries with Grant Bruno, Angela Bradley, Amber Ward and Holly Prince discussing barriers faced by Indigenous caregivers and the importance of centering First Nations values in care. #CCCESummit2023

Really interesting findings and considering around one in four older women voters provide unpaid care to a disabled, older or ill relative or friend. Care and health are key election issues for them. Carers UK CSA

At our #Lab2023 event “Making the Economic Case for Care” Andrew Gwynne MP pledges to work with the sector to develop a National Carers Strategy

Thanks to our fantastic speakers Penny-Anne O'Donnell Emily Holzhausen OBE Jim Blagden Jane Van Zyl CEO of Working Families along with our Director Mary-Ann Stephenson excellently chaired by our Deputy Director Dr Zubaida Haque

CSA co-chair Emily Holzhausen OBE says:

“Families are providing more unpaid care than ever before and many are at breaking point as the pressure on them becomes too much.”

#DontBacktrackRishiSunak

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Unpaid carers are essential partners for the NHS, whose incredible contributions each and every day we should all recognise and value. Thank you, especially to my NHS colleagues who also care for someone, for all that you do.

Thank you to the First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf for supporting #CarersWeek .

First Minister

James Newcome, the Church of England’s lead Bishop on Health and Social Care, shares how the New Deal for carers outlined in the Archbishop’s Care and Support Reimagined report would help carers get the support they need.

📝 Read his #CarersWeek blog: carersuk.org/news/carers-we…

What a privilege to be at the @NHSAssembly #NHS75 carers engagement session this morning led by Helen Walker Emily Holzhausen OBE Laura Bennett with a rich tapestry of carers experience being shared.

“Carers need to run like a thread through a stick of rock in the NHS”

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Modern #socialcare was born 75 years ago this week with the National Assistance Act. The Act’s intentions and ambitions are progressive, but it has fundamental issues that we still have to live with. Here’s the blog and below is a quick thread on it. kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2023/05/7…

We are Primary Care is critical to supporting carers. To better identify carers it can be helpful for carer status to be recorded in their #GP record. Working with practitioners, we produced guidance to support this to be done consistently: england.nhs.uk/publication/co… Neil Churchill

📣 There are only a few days left to apply to join the CSA team, working part-time with our chairs Caroline Abrahams Emily Holzhausen OBE Jackie O'Sullivan & 60 leading charities!

Can you help keep #SocialCare on the agenda in the run up to the election?

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Nearly 1,500 unpaid carers have signed up to take part in #CarersActiveApril so far!

The campaign is all about boosting carers’ physical and mental wellbeing with live online sessions, activity inspiration and more 🏊🏃

Want to get involved? Sign up now: carersuk.org/carersactiveap…

Looking for detailed info on caring issues? Our factsheets cover social care assessments, disability and carer welfare benefits, hospital discharge and much more.

Find all our factsheets on our website: carersuk.org/help-and-advic…