PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Carers: Dementia (25 May 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that unpaid carers of people with dementia are supported to maintain their physical and mental wellbeing as part of the Government's forthcoming social care reforms.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

The Government recognises the vital support and care provided by unpaid carers. We are committed to supporting carers in a way that maintains their own health and wellbeing.

We know that unpaid care is part of a sustainable health and social care system. We want to build a system of care and support in which unpaid carers are supported, and care receivers have choice and control over their lives; over what they do and how they choose to live.

We are working closely with local and national partners to ensure our approach to reform is informed by diverse perspectives, including of those with lived experience of the care sector.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
8 June 2021