This @CarersUK report fits with picture from research using national data from 195,364 carers in England- it showed that the impact of caring for 50+ hours a week on quality of life is significant (equivalent to a *loss* of 18 days of full health/year) ht
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8/ Caring can have a high health cost: Compared to non-carers, people who provide unpaid care on average have worse health, and poorer experiences when they go to their GP practice, research shows. https://t.co/U1aToe7i2D
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Why support for unpaid carers matters https://t.co/KE4h6ITcpW . Excellent thoughts here from @JenKenward. This is a great paper evidencing health gap for #carers https://t.co/3qaeeytjvY . Lots more work on this @NuffieldTrust at present - policy & re
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Informal #carers experience a double disadvantage of poorer health-related quality of life and worse patient experience in primary care compared to those without caring responsibilities @WeAreCarers https://t.co/V8fHvKArGx @BBCWomensHour