April 2022

North Tyneside Carers’ Partnership Board is responsible for raising awareness of carers issues and improving health and social care services in North Tyneside for carers. The board’s membership includes decision makers from NHS providers, North Tyneside Council, local carers voluntary sector organisations – North Tyneside Carers’ Centre, Healthwatch North Tyneside

We are excited to announce our new programme of free training sessions for adult carers who are caring for a loved one with dementia. Carers can choose which sessions meets their needs and sessions cover early, middle and later stages of the dementia journey. For more information and to book

Carers experiences of hospital discharge – would you be interested in sharing your views with researchers at Northumbria University? Yes – read on! VONNE (Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East) has commissioned researchers to explore carers’ experiences of hospital discharge from acute Trusts in the North East of England.  This will

During consultations with carers about North Tyneside Carers Strategy, GP practices were identified as a priority to improve identification of and support for carers.  Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group, the Carers’ Centre and Healthwatch North Tyneside have worked together since 2018/19 to understand what other areas were doing to support carers

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring and highlight the challenges unpaid carers face. The week of events and activities that take place up and down the country aim to recognise the contribution you make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people