Professionals Newsroom

Welcome to the newsroom, where we will be publishing news stories and press releases that will be of particular interest to the professional health and social care sector. Click on the links below and you will be taken through to the newsroom of our main site, Carers.org.

Simplyhealth Caring Awards 2008
4 August 2008

The Simplyhealth Caring Awards 2008 are your opportunity to vote for the UK’s most caring GP, GP surgery and health board. In a recent study up to 80% of carers say that their health and well-being...

Darzi unveils draft NHS Constitution
30 June 2008

The draft NHS Constitution has been published today for consultation alongside a 10 year plan for the NHS. For the first time in a key NHS document, the Constitution gives carers prominence as partners...

New Deal for Carers: a step in the right direction?
10 June 2008

The joint response from The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Caring for Carers to the New Deal for Carers. The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Caring for Carers – the two...

Carers can't afford to be ill
9 June 2008

More than three-quarters of carers feel that their health is worse as a result of the strain of caring, according to a survey of 2,000 carers throughout the UK, published for Carers Week 2008. The results...

All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health focuses on carers
20 May 2008

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health held a session on mental health carers on the 13 May 2008, chaired by Lynne Jones MP. This joint briefing on our hopes for the Carers Strategy was...

Putting people first without putting carers second
14 May 2008

HRH The Princess Royal hosted a roundtable event organised by The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Caring for Carers called "Putting People First - Without Putting Carers Second". The...

Brown pledges social care reform for elderly and disabled
12 May 2008

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers was invited today to hear the Prime Minister launch his review of a care and support system for England. Without radical reform, the government admits that the care...

Keeping it in the family
28 April 2008

Approximately one million children live with a parent who is dependent on alcohol, according to a report published during Alcohol Awareness Week in April by Alcohol Concern and The Princess Royal Trust...

CSIP report on High Impact Changes for Health and Social Care
24 March 2008

In March 2008, David Behan, Director General of Social Care launched the Care Services Improvement Partnership’s (CSIP) publication on the High Impact Changes for Health and Social Care. This is a collection...

Four Scottish Health Board areas to benefit from £1 million donation
29 January 2008

A Scottish charity, The Moffat Charitable Trust, has donated £1million to The Princess Royal Trust for Carers to fund a groundbreaking pilot project aimed at preventing crisis for carers and saving...