We provide schools with a letter for parents and carers.

Support for carers (people who are looking after someone) is very important.

Clearly this would make life a lot easier for carers.

She is useless for carers, no idea at all about their lives.

It is specifically for carers of people who have a mental health problem.

This club is a service provided for young carers, aged 11 to 19.

This does not include costs to society such as loss of productivity for patients and carers.

So next week, a special conference takes place, aimed at developing services for carers.

But social security provision for carers too is far from adequate.

We consider some of the implications for paid carers in Chapter 7.