GP surgeries
A dedicated team working with you to help identify and support carers in your practice.
About our service
Our GP Carer Liaison Workers deliver:
The GP Carer Awards Programme
The awards programme is an opportunity for GP practices in Bristol and South Gloucestershire to work with Carers Support to look at how carer and dementia friendly your GP surgery is.
More about the GP Carer Awards Programme
Carers Surgeries
Carer's Surgeries are monthly one-to-one information, advice and support clinics for carers, provided by our GP Carer Liaison Workers and Carers Support Officers. You provide the room and we work together to identify carers within your practice who could benefit from the service. At a Carer's Surgery, for carers, we provide:
- Support to access appropriate children or adult care services
- Carer’s Assessments
- Advice on how to access disability benefit checks
- Links to appropriate emotional support
- Information on the Carers Emergency Card scheme
- A chance to talk about how caring is affecting them
- Recognition as an equal partner in the care of their cared for
Carer’s Assessments for patients who are carers
Carer’s Assessments examine how caring affects a carer’s life, and whether support is needed to manage the caring role and well-being.
Carer awareness training
We can provide training for your staff on identifying and working with carers within your practice.
Information materials for carers
Leaflets, posters, websites and other information for your practice leaflet, websites and digital display screen info.
Help to identify carers
GP surgeries are usually the first place that carers have contact with the NHS and staff are well placed to recognise that someone is, or is about to become, a carer.
Working with you, we want to find ‘hidden carers’ and promote the uptake of the services available to them.
Refer a carer to us
If you are a professional looking to refer an adult to us, please register below.
We can help.
Best practice resources for your work with carers
A range of resources to help you help carers in your practice
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