Current consultations

The survey of adult carers in England 2021-22 is being held. We would encourage any carer who is asked to complete the survey to do so as this is a valuable way of the situations and needs of carers being understood. The survey is for adults (aged 18 and over) who have been informal carers […]

We need your help. Young carers have been left out of the recent Health and Care Bill which is currently making its way through Parliament. We also want to ensure all carers are fully recognised by the Bill so that they are properly identified and supported as early as possible in their caring journey. Alongside […]

You can use your experience of living with or caring for someone long-COVID to help improve services for others by joining an NHS steering group to help with developing a long-COVID service. The NHS want the service to be easy to access and meet the needs of all patients – so need your input to […]

Researchers at University College London would like to speak to different groups of people including young carers aged 13-17 years old and young adult carers (aged 18-24) about their experiences during COVID-19. Young carers aged 13-17 They are really interested in how different groups of people including young carers aged 13-17 years old are feeling, […]

Carers Trust wants to involve carers more meaningfully in its work. Carers Trust sees this as important to strengthening the authenticity of its work and ensuring that what we do truly reflects what carers need. To do his Carers Trust is working with another charity called New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) to help them develop a […]

Help researchers better understand new confusion and how this affects the person, their carers and relatives A team of researchers based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, CUH NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Cambridge are planning a research project to investigate delirium, which is a sudden, usually short-lived, new confusion. Delirium can affect a persons’ thoughts, […]

Earlier this summer we shared that researchers from the University of Kent were looking for study participants to help them to understand how well social care services support people living with dementia and their family and friends, who support them. (IRAS ID: 260302) They have now shared information on the findings from the survey with […]

You are invited to attend the first Annual General Meeting of NHS Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group which will take place virtually at 12 noon on Tuesday 28 September. Joining instructions will be sent to you nearer the time and will also be available on their website at www.norfolkandwaveneyccg.nhs.uk About NHS Norfolk and Waveney Clinical […]

We want to ensure carers know we are here to help when their caring role is coming to an end. As part of this we want to improve the information we have on our website for people who are facing a change to their caring role, including because the person they care for has passed […]

Autism Bedfordshire are launching Hear Me, See Me, a campaign to examine the inequalities in health care that impact adults with autism and their families. Their campaign covers the East of England including Norfolk. Over the next 18 months they will be listening to the experiences of adults, family members and carers from across the […]