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14/10/2010
£4 Million Boost For Carers
A raft of new measures that will help support carers were unveiled by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today.
More than £4 million will be reinvested in a range of projects from training schemes for health and social care workers to access better information.
The funding was made available following the cancellation of the Caring with Confidence contract.
There are a range of new activities, one of which is a scheme that will fund voluntary organisations to reach out to carers. It will particularly focus on early contact with those who are taking on a caring role for the first time through a variety of settings such as hospitals, places of work and supermarkets.
This will build on existing networks already used to support people with specific conditions, in keeping with the overall approach to integrate carers' issues within wider health and social care provision. It will also provide carers with key information and practical advice about how to care effectively and safely for people with specific conditions.
Other projects that will be funded include: the Department working with the Royal College of GPs to fund a further 200 training places for GPs and practice staff, and £500,000 of new support each for The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Crossroads Care and Carers UK to support important projects.
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said: "Identifying and supporting carers at an early stage is critical. The financial outlook is extremely challenging so we must make sure the money we have is working harder for us.
"The Caring with Confidence contract was not good value for money. This is why I am announcing a raft of measure today, that will reinvest more than £4 million to get local authorities and the NHS spotting and responding to carers' needs earlier to prevent poor social outcomes and ill health and help them care more effectively.
"We need better information and advice, allowing people to negotiate the system more smoothly. And we need better support to help carers stay in or get back to work, as many would like to do.
"The Coalition Government is committed to improving support for carers and this funding is evidence of that.”
(BMcN)
More than £4 million will be reinvested in a range of projects from training schemes for health and social care workers to access better information.
The funding was made available following the cancellation of the Caring with Confidence contract.
There are a range of new activities, one of which is a scheme that will fund voluntary organisations to reach out to carers. It will particularly focus on early contact with those who are taking on a caring role for the first time through a variety of settings such as hospitals, places of work and supermarkets.
This will build on existing networks already used to support people with specific conditions, in keeping with the overall approach to integrate carers' issues within wider health and social care provision. It will also provide carers with key information and practical advice about how to care effectively and safely for people with specific conditions.
Other projects that will be funded include: the Department working with the Royal College of GPs to fund a further 200 training places for GPs and practice staff, and £500,000 of new support each for The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Crossroads Care and Carers UK to support important projects.
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said: "Identifying and supporting carers at an early stage is critical. The financial outlook is extremely challenging so we must make sure the money we have is working harder for us.
"The Caring with Confidence contract was not good value for money. This is why I am announcing a raft of measure today, that will reinvest more than £4 million to get local authorities and the NHS spotting and responding to carers' needs earlier to prevent poor social outcomes and ill health and help them care more effectively.
"We need better information and advice, allowing people to negotiate the system more smoothly. And we need better support to help carers stay in or get back to work, as many would like to do.
"The Coalition Government is committed to improving support for carers and this funding is evidence of that.”
(BMcN)
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