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Carers Save UK £87 Billion per year

 

A new report published by Carers UK – authors Leeds University have recalculated the amount that carers save the economy, which is £87 billion per year. This is a rise of 52%, an increase of £30 billion, on the last figure of £57 billion, which Carers UK published in 2002....

      

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

The SCIE website has an enormous amount of information that is relevant to carers. For example, updated guidance and information on Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) has been added to the resources and publications section.  FACS is a system for deciding how much support people with social care needs can expect. FACS applies to all local authorities in England and aims to ensure care managers make fair and consistent decisions about the level of support to offer, and whether the local council should pay for this. For more information on FACS and many other issues affecting carers and people with disabilities, visit www.scie.org.uk.