[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A recent study by Carers UK shows that Britain is becoming a nation of carers. The study published this week shows that the economic value of the contribution made by carers in the UK is a remarkable £87 billion per year. This is considerably more than the annual cost of all aspects of the NHS and it is more than four times the amount spent on social care services for adults and children by local authorities each year.

The 2001 census showed that in the UK 12% of the adult population -almost 6 million people- provide unpaid care and Carers UK has estimated that by 2037, the number of carers is set to increase by around 60% or an extra 3.4 million carers.

To read the full information see the Carers UK website.

For a copy of our carer’s guide to incontinence click here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]