The Caring for Carers Hubs provide information about living well as a carer alongside local information about services, support groups and resources to assist primary care to more effectively support carers and the people they care for. The main audience is staff working in primary care, including GPs, nurses and practice managers. The local Hubs will also be of benefit to other professionals supporting carers.

1. Caring for Carers
Helping primary care to support carers
http://caringforcarers.info

2. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Supporting Carers in General Practice
The Royal College of General
Practitioners, with funding from the
Department of Health, is developing the
Caring for Carers Hub as a part of the
Supporting Carers in General Practice
programme

3. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Rationale
• A one-stop-shop primarily for primary care staff to access
information to more effectively support carers in their
caring role
• Secondary use for those involved in integrated health and
social care
• Bring together existing resources from RCGP and other
stakeholder organisations into one easy-access portal

4. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
About Caring for Carers
The Caring for Carers Hub will provide
information for professionals about how
to help carers focus on their own health
and wellbeing, whilst looking after
someone else

5. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Key stakeholders
External stakeholders involved in the
development of the Hub include the
Department of Health, NHS England, the
Government’s Standing Commission for
Carers, Carers Trust, Carers UK and many
more

6. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Pilot sites
We have piloted the development of local Caring for Carers
Hubs in the following localities:
• Bedfordshire
• Camden
• Hammersmith and Fulham
• Kensington and Chelsea
• Sunderland, and
• Westminster

7. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Local Hubs
Each local Hub will provide access to existing
national resources, from the RCGP and other
organisations relevant to carer needs,
alongside local information about services,
support groups and resources unique to that
particular locality

8. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Expertly curated content
Content of the Hub has been developed
in collaboration with the expert
stakeholders and has utilised the RCGP’s
networks of clinicians with an expertise
in supporting carers

9. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Key features
• A coherent structure reflecting carers needs
• Signposting people to existing high quality
sources of information
• Accessible and easy to use
• Customise with local information
• Available on mobile, tablet and desktop devices

16. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Benefits
• Provide advice and guidance on developing a
local carers' strategy
• Provide advice about how to identify and
assess carer’s needs
• Help signpost carers to the services available
and the things they can expect from accessing
these services

17. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Benefits
• Provide carers with information about
! How to maintain their health and wellbeing
! Opportunities for respite for the person they
care for, helping to prevent unplanned
admission to hospital for carers in crisis
• Provide advice about how to work with carers
to identify red flags

18. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
Benefits
• Provide advice about how to help carers navigate
the health and social care systems and facilitate
coordination of support, helping to ease the
related emotional and practical burden
• Help ensure a holistic approach is taken by
considering education, links to social care,
secondary care and charitable organisations, as
well as supporting carers to stay in work

19. Helping primary care to support carers
Caring for Carers
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