Support for carers
North Shore Surgery patients have access to a wealth of local and national support available to them.
Local Services
- Social Prescribing Link Workers – North Shore Surgery’s own social prescribing link workers, who are part of the Blackpool North Primary Care Network, offer a range of support for carers. This includes the BFriend programme, which offers to provide much-needed respite for some carers as well as the opportunity to join one of their ‘Friendship’ groups.
- Blackpool Carers Centre – Offering an extensive range of age-specific services and support for carers from ages 5 to 105
National Services
- NHS Support for carers – Including carer’s assessments, support from local councils, respite care, and help for young carers
- Carers UK Organisation – Offering expert advice, support, and campaigns to make life better for carers
- Carers Trust – Offering the tools needed to transform the lives of unpaid carers through innovative programmes of work and providing specialist resources for professionals
Find out more about help with day-to-day living with illness or disability on the NHS website.
New carer information
Are you newly caring for or supporting a relative, friend, or neighbour? Have you recently started being helped or supported by a relative, friend or neighbour?
We need to know so we can offer you the right information, support and access to services.
We also need to gather information for the government regarding the number of carers at the practice. Please complete the form below to assist us with this. Note that we only require this information from new carers.
