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Week to highlight “true face of carers”
Week to highlight “true face of carers”
Left to right: (front row) Lynn Hall, Elizabeth McPherson, Gina Culling, Sally Craggs, Julie Graves (back row) Yvonne Murphy, Jodie Peckitt, Neil Daniel, Avril Bartlett, Liz Brown
A WEEK of events will highlight and celebrate the contribution that carers make and provide greater support for those unaware of the services and benefits they may be entitled to.
Three in five people will be a carer at some point in their lives, meaning that one day the true face of a carer may be yours.
Carers receive £55.55 per week, the lowest benefit of its kind and only available for those who care more than 35 hours per week, equating to approximately £1.58 per hour.
Children wait 16 months for mental health care in Kent
Children wait 16 months for mental health care in Kent
Children in need of mental health care in West Kent have been waiting up to 16 months for treatment.
The delay was revealed in a survey of GPs carried out by MP for Tunbridge Wells, Greg Clark, which also raised concerns about inappropriate referrals.
Social care in north hit hardest by cuts
Social care in north hit hardest by cuts
Nick Golding
Thursday 12 May 2011 00:01
A geographical divide has opened up in English adult social care spending with huge cuts in the north but budgets continuing to expand in the south.
