Government must publish a Carers' Strategy and not a Carers’ Action Plan

Closed 2,124 signatures

What the petition asks

I am one of the 7 million unpaid carers in the country. You can read about me here http://bit.ly/2lGLpxc (Guardian web link) I took part in a government consultation for unpaid carers in early 2016. Carers have been waiting for a Government Strategy ever since. I know unpaid carers deserve better.

Like 6,500 other carers, I spent time providing evidence for government on our caring role. It was expected that government would publish the results in a Carers Strategy by the end of 2016. Nothing has happened since the consultation closed. In October 2017, I was quoted in a debate in Parliament https://goo.gl/vN27L2 (Parliament web link). An Action Plan was recently mentioned but an Action Plan is not a Carers' Strategy. Signing this petition will show government that carers matter.

Timeline

22 Jan 2018	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jul 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 2,124

Status Closed

Opened 22 Jan 2018

Closed 22 Jul 2018

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