Carers

Swavesey Surgery are delighted to have been awarded with the Carer Friendly Tick Health award

Carers are invited annually for a health check with the nurse

A carer is someone who spends a significant proportion of their life providing unpaid support to family or potentially friends. This could be caring for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has a mental health or substance misuse problem.

To be registered as the surgery as a carer please ask at reception, or you can complete and submit the form below:

You can also ask at reception, the doctor or nurse to be referred for advice and support to : 

 Our Social Prescriber, Pekka Tuutti

A social prescriber aims to provide support for a wide range of issues which can affect wellbeing. 

• Many health conditions can be helped by changes to lifestyle. 
• He is able to spend time getting to know you and support you to connect with services in the community which are most suited to your wellbeing.   
• He will be working closely with community groups, social services, local charities so that he is aware of all that is on offer.

OTHER SUPPORT AVAILBLE:

Do you look after someone? Don’t know where to turn for support and advice?                  

Would you like to know:

• What support is available locally
• Who the local Carers’ Support Worker is?
• How to make a plan for an emergency?
• How to arrange a Carer’s Assessment?
• How to achieve ongoing personalised support for your situation?
• How to access courses or training such as Moving and Handling or
• Caring with Confidence?
• What help and advice is available online?
• Where you can talk to other carers?
• What your rights are?
• How to take a break from caring?

Caring together can give you this information 

Caring Together’ (formerly Carers Trust) on behalf of the Council.
Telephone

e: 0345 241 0954      
Email: hello@caringtogether.org

Family Carers

There is a free service available to any family carer who spends a significant proportion of their life providing unpaid support to family or potentially friends. This could be caring for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has a mental health or substance misuse problem.

The free service will give you access to a specialist worker at Carers Trust Cambridgeshire who will discuss the many options available to you. These may be:

 Information and advice regarding your caring situation
 A short break that works for you, with help to decide what gives you a break
 Considering options for longer term support.

You can self refer to caring together