Carers Wellbeing Project at Brig Royd Surgery
The Social Prescribing Link Worker’s for Calder & Ryburn has been working with Making Space who are the Carers Wellbeing Service in Calderdale. Making Space aim to provide carers aged 18 and over with support and resources to assist them as a carer and promote their own health and wellbeing.
It had been identified that there was a high number of referrals for carers residing within the Brig Royd Practice area and felt that providing pro-active support to try and avoid people reaching crisis point would be beneficial for both the carers and the people they care for. Brig Royd Surgery agreed to pilot the clinics to help support these carers. Monthly clinics are being held which provide 5 pre-bookable appointments for carers registered at Brig Royd Surgery.
After the clinic has been running for a few months here is some of the feedback the project has received:
“It is an excellent service. I feel very well informed and hope to be able to join some things in the future. Aisha is a lovely young lady and very compassionate”.
“Aisha was very helpful and helped me to apply for attendance and carers allowance and provided lots of useful information on who I can contact and I will definitely follow up in future if I need to”.
