How carers have coped in the pandemic – Our survey results

Carers have been significantly affected by the pandemic. To ensure that Carers Central (and wider) services can best support carers we ran our own survey, asked the carers we support and compiled all the latest research on the issues carers had experienced in the pandemic.

Read the report we produced in April 2022: Caring for Carers through the Pandemic.

Funding for this work was provided courtesy of the Commitment to Carers Programme, Experience of Care Team, NHS England. The Carers for Carers through the Pandemic Project was part of over 30 community-focussed pandemic legacy projects intended to embed learning and new ways of working with carers as part of the NHS England Recovery, Reform, Resilience & Respect work.

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