Healthwatch Cheshire West and Healthwatch Cheshire East are the local independent consumer champions for Health and Social Care services in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East.
You may have seen one of our team or volunteers out and about around Cheshire trying to gain people’s views and experiences of the Health and Social Care services they receive, in order to help inform the priorities and quality of services commissioned by the NHS and local authorities.
Through our conversations with people, we have heard about the process of people registering as a carer with their GP. The Carers Trust defines a carer as: “anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support.” We want to gain a better understanding of unpaid carers’ experiences of GP Practices and use our findings to produce a report that can be presented to service providers highlighting the issues that you tell us about.
We would really appreciate if you could please take a few minutes to answer this brief survey.