Healthwatch Newcastle have published their findings from the Newcastle Carers' Survey 2022 which was carried out to understand carers' experiences during the pandemic.
Healthwatch Newcastle is an independent not-for-profit organisations who help children, young people and adults to have a say about social care and health services in Newcastle upon Tyne. They work to make sure that those who plan and run social care and health services listen to the people using their services and use this information to make the services better.
Between November 2021 and January 2022, Healthwatch Newcastle worked with Newcastle Carers to gather the views of 192 Newcastle residents who are unpaid carers. The purpose of the work was to gain a greater understanding of people's experiences of caring during the Covid-19 pandemic and in accessing information and support.
You can read the final report here.