Carers

Letting your GP know you are a carer

This does not include people who are employed to provide care.

If you would like your doctor to know you are a carer, please fill in a carers registration form. You can download the form or visit our reception desk and collect one.  Your name will then be added to the GP’s Carers’ Register.
Please return your completed form to reception.

As a registered carer you are entitled to:

• Annual health check
• Mental Health Screening
• Seasonal Flu Vaccine
• flexible appointments for carers

Download Carer Registration Form

Download Carer Information Leaflet

How to tell if you’re a carer

You’re a carer if you’re looking after someone regularly because they’re ill, elderly or disabled – including family members.

Carers help with:

• washing, dressing or taking medicines
• getting out and about and travelling to doctors’ appointments
• shopping, cleaning and laundry
• paying bills and organising finances

They can also give emotional support by:

• Sitting with someone to keep them company
• watching over someone if they can’t be left alone

All of these count as being a carer.

Who are carers?

A carer is a person of any age (including children) who provides unpaid support to a partner, relative, friend or neighbour who couldn’t cope without their help. This could be due to old age, frailty, disability, a serious health condition, mental ill health or substance misuse. Parents of children who are disabled or who have a serious health condition are also considered to be carers.

There is a difference between a carer and care professionals paid to provide care. Some carers receive statutory payments (for example Carer’s Allowance) or a direct payment for their caring role. Even when carers receive such payments, they are still considered to be carers.