Publications:
Supporting Carers: An action guide for general practitoners and their teams
11 November 2011
‘Supporting Carers: An action guide for general practitioners’ and their teams offers advice on identifying carers, understanding their needs and involving them in the planning of care, along with real-life case studies and practical tools to help practice teams in their work.
First produced in 2006, it has been comprehensively revised and updated to provide GPs with the latest information and knowledge they need to deliver the best possible support to carers in their caring role and ensure that the individual health and wellbeing needs of both patient and carer are met.
The new-look guide highlights the physical, psychological and other effects of caring that GPs and their teams can look out for, along with specific sections on life after caring, and how to identify and meet the health needs of Young Carers and Young Adult Carers.
It provides advice and templates for developing GP practice action plans and signposts resources offered by other organisations and agencies, as well as useful information on latest Government policy and the Carers’ Strategy 2011-2015.
The need to involve carers in patient care, and support their health and wellbeing was identified as a priority by the RCGP in 2006 when – under the leadership of Professor Nigel Sparrow, Chair of the RCGP Professional Development Board – the College first collaborated with The Princess Royal Trust for Carers on a series of leaflets encouraging GPs and carers to become partners in care.
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