For the last three years, Carers Trust has been trying to keep track
of the £400 million over four years that was given by the Coalition
Government to support carers in England. Carers are a good deal
taxpayer-wise. They save the state billions every year in care costs
that would otherwise need to be met.
On the day we've found out that the number of people in the census
who say they look after a friend or family member has increased from 5.2
million in England and Wales in 2001 to 5.8 million in 2011, we've published a report - Carers breaks on the brink?
- looking at what's been done with this cash. Caring should matter to
all of us. One in 10 of us is a carer. Carers often have to give up work
to care, or end up with health problems of their own. If carers reach
the point of exhaustion and being unable to cope, this helps no-one.
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