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Sign up form for organisations: supporting Carers UK amendments to the Health Bill

Put carers at the heart of healthcare: support amendments to the Health Bill

We would like to demonstrate the breadth of support that exists among healthcare organisations, carers' organisations, trade unions, regulatory bodies and other organisations for Carers UK's amendments to the Health Bill (NHS Modernisation Bill 2026) currently progressing through Parliament.

The Bill currently protects some of existing carers’ rights to be involved and consulted and may make it easier for carers to coordinate care through the Single Patient Record, although this is not clear in the Bill. However, crucially the Bill presents a key legislative opportunity for carers to be better supported within the NHS.

Carers UK is proposing the following amendments:

Single Patient Record - Carers UK would like it to be made clear that access to the Single Patient Record includes unpaid carers.

Duty on ICBs to identify and record unpaid carers - The amendment would place a new duty on Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to identify carers and ensure that NHS bodies and providers of NHS services in its area keep records of unpaid carers.

Duty on ICBs to promote the health and wellbeing of carers - This amendment would place a clear duty on ICBs to improve carers’ health and wellbeing, require carers to be included within Joint Forward Plans as well as strengthening prevention, early intervention and accountability for carers’ health and wellbeing.
Duty of health bodies to provide information and advice to carers - This amendment would ensure that carers are provided with appropriate advice by the NHS, particularly around healthcare related tasks and duties, to enable them to care safely and well.

Duty on ICBs to promote the health and wellbeing of carers - This amendment would place a clear duty on ICBs to improve carers’ health and wellbeing, require carers to be included within Joint Forward Plans as well as strengthening prevention, early intervention and accountability for carers’ health and wellbeing.

Duty of health bodies to provide information and advice to carers - This amendment would ensure that carers are provided with appropriate advice by the NHS, particularly around healthcare related tasks and duties, to enable them to care safely and well.

Right to a Break for unpaid carers - This amendment would mean that within six months of legislation being passed, the Secretary of State must establish a National Respite Care Scheme and provide sufficient support to local authorities to ensure that all local authorities can deliver breaks and support to carers who had the need for breaks identified as part of their Carer’s Assessment.

For further detail and to see the wording of each amendment, please see our briefing on these amendments here. If you have any questions we could help with ahead of signing up, please email josie.chadband@carersuk.org

If your organisation would like to support any or all of the proposed amendments to the Health Bill, please fill in the form below. We ask that you only complete this form with your organisations’ consent. We would like to publicly state that you are a supportive organisation for our campaign, but will only do so if you select 'yes' when asked this question below.

Your details will never be shared with a third party without your consent. You can see our privacy policy here.
1.Are you responding on behalf of / with the consent of your organisation:(Required.)
PLEASE NOTE: we are only accepting support for our campaign from people who have the consent of their organisation. If you answered 'no' to the question above, please fill this form in again once you have consent to do so on behalf of your organisation.
2.Name of organisation:(Required.)
3.Are you happy to be publicly listed as a supporting organisation for our campaign?(Required.)
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8.Which of the following best describes your organisation? Tick all that apply.
9.Where in England is your organisation based?
10.Please tell us which of the following amendments your organisation supports - tick all that apply. Please see more information on the detail of the amendments here.
11.Please leave any comments you have about the amendments in the comment box below (e.g. why you feel they are important, what difference these would make to carers you work with or support or why you were unable to support certain amendments).
12.Are you happy for us to contact you with updates regarding our campaign?(Required.)
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