Grandparent carers need help and yet they face cuts in services
Keep families together
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This is the story of Tony and his wife Christine who have been raising Christine’s granddaughter Hollie since birth due to her mother’s drug and alcohol misuse.
The couple have never received any financial support for looking after Hollie apart from child benefit and child tax credit. Despite the very difficult relationship with Hoolie’s mother they receive no support with managing contact.
Police are probing a second suspected contamination incident at Stockport’s Stepping Hill Hospital
Stepping Hill: Police investigate contaminated milk
Police are probing a second suspected contamination incident at Stockport’s Stepping Hill Hospital after milk was found “spiked with bleach” on a ward.
However detectives said there was no evidence of a link to the sabotage of saline drips earlier this year.
The investigation into contaminated saline has been narrowed to focus on three deaths, police revealed earlier.
Elderly carers ‘need more support from GPs’
12 September 2011 Last updated at 00:06
There are thought to be six million carers in the UK. Many of them are over retirement age.
By Jane Dreaper Health correspondent, BBC News
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers says family doctors should offer older carers an annual health check, including screening for depression.
The charity says almost 70% of hundreds of older carers questioned in a survey said that their health was suffering because of their responsibilities.
