Carers

There is lots of support and advice available for carers. If you are looking after or providing care for a relative, child or friend, then you can find more information about what you can do as a carer below.

Becoming a carer

If you are looking to become a carer or to support a relative, friend or neighbour, then their GP needs to know so you can be offered the right information.

Our surgery has to collect information for the Government about the numbers of carers attached to the surgery, so your information will help us to do this.

Please complete the form below to register yourself as a carer.

Your title

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First name

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Surname

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Your home address

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Postcode

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Your date of birth

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Your telephone number

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Your email address

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Register as a patient

Find out how to register as a new patient or register on behalf of someone else, at our surgery.

Carers Support Worker

Mary Bennett is our Carers Support Officer who works with the practice on a regular basis. Mary is available to see registered patients who are carers and has appointments available for up to an hour. Mary holds a regular carers surgeries at the practice and is able to help carers by:

Discussing whether carers need/would benefit from a referral to health and social care and other support services
Helping them to register as a carer with their GP
Ensuring they and the person they care for are getting some of the key benefits they are entitled to
Linking them to appropriate emotional support where appropriate
Advising them about support to stay in or return to work
Ensuring that they have an emergency plan in place in case something happened to them
Completing a carers assessment

If you would like to make an appointment to see Mary, please contact reception. These are normally held on the first Wednesday of every other month. Alternatively home visits for support appointments can be arranged via the Carers Support Centre on 0117 965 2200. The Carers Support Centre is based in Fishponds.

Carers Support Volunteer

We are working with the Carers Centre to have a carers support volunteer attached to the practice and hope to introduce this service again very soon.

Contact your local Carers’ Support Centre

The Carers’ Support Centre is a local charity that can provide you with information, advice and advocacy on any aspect of caring and local support services that might be useful.

They can put you in touch with other organisations that offer specialist support, for example support for carers of people with dementia, mental health problems, recovering from a stroke or dealing with drug and alcohol problems.

The Carers’ Support Centre provides a range of services such as help with Carers assessments, volunteer sitting service, pamper days and subsidized carers holidays to give carers some time off from caring.

For information, advice or just an understanding, listening ear call the Carers’ Support Centre confidentially: CarersLine 0117 9652200