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Herefordshire Carers Hub

The Carers Hub is the focal point for all information and advice for those people in Herefordshire who care for someone else, or professionals working with carers.

Talk to us if you are, or work with:

  • An Adult carer
  • A Parent-carer (a parent caring for a disabled child)
  • A Young Carer (a young person under 18 with caring responsibilities).

Gordon BrownBrown pledges social care reform for elderly and disabled
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers was invited today to hear the Prime Minister launch his review of a care and support system for England. Without radical reform, the government admits that the care...
12.05.08

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Carers' News

Keeping it in the family
Approximately one million children live with a parent who is dependent on alcohol, according to a report published during Alcohol Awareness Week in April by Alcohol Concern and The Princess Royal Trust...
28.04.08

Counting carers
After pressure from carers and carers charities, this month has brought some important steps forward in the campaign to ensure that carers are counted in the next census. Carers were included for the...
15.04.08

Life with Parkinson's: many carers lack support
Launching Parkinson's Awareness week, the Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) has published the results of the largest ever survey of people with Parkinson's and their carers. The research is based on...
07.04.08

CSIP report on High Impact Changes for Health and Social Care
In March 2008, David Behan, Director General of Social Care launched the Care Services Improvement Partnership’s (CSIP) publication on the High Impact Changes for Health and Social Care. This is a collection...
24.03.08

Latest Discussions

SUDEP petition
This petition is running to get more research and information into SUDEP - sudden unexpected death in epileptics. Please sign it. petitions.pm.gov.uk
Greywolf - 13.05.08

Travel In Medway
Having just registered on the site,but already a carer with the PRT organisation(registered). I'd just like to mention about yet another deplorable decision by a council to squeeze more money from the...
Hamlet44 - 12.05.08

TO ALL COFFEE DRINKERS
including myself saw this on MSN yesturday Coffee has already been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease, and now research suggests that it may also cut the chances of developing dementia...
coffee - 08.05.08

fed up !!!!!!!!!!1
hi im mummy to hannah who has a heart problem she is 28 mths tube fed, and a handful, i live with my mum and things go well most of the time BUT her ideas and mine about the way i live my life are...
nicky4321 - 03.05.08

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