Learning disabilities

Resources: Carers

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Carers UK 

Netbuddy: an online community and resource for carers, offering practical solutions to everyday problems

Working with carers: guidelines for good practice (2009) BMA (pdf)

NHS Choices postcode search for health services near you - click on 'support for carers' under 'most popular services' to find support for carers near you

Supporting Carers: An action guide for general practitioners and their teams
RCGP & Princess Royal Trust for Carers   

Princess Royal Trust for Carers

‘Out of Hospital’ Project – learning from the pilot projects (Final Report, May 2010) – thinking of carers in the hospital discharge process
Princess Royal Trust for Carers   

Right from the Start template – a guide to sharing diagnosis and communicating with parents of a young child with additional needs - Scope    

England & Wales

Carers' wellbeing, NHS Choices

http://www.nhs.uk/CarersDirect/yourself/takingcareofyourself/Pages/Physicalwellbeing.aspx

Scotland

Caring Together: The Carers Strategy for Scotland 2010-2015 - The Scottish Government

PAMIS - Support for people in Scotland with profound and multiple learning disabilities, their families and paid carers

Crossroads Caring Scotland - A national charity dedicated to the provision of short breaks for carers within their own homes.