Carers

Yorkshire Building Society has been named as one of the UK’s top ten family-friendly employers by independent work-life balance charity Working Families. (Photo supplied by the Press Association)

Yorkshire Building Society named in top ten family-friendly employers

Solicitor Daxa Patel sat on her father's memorial bench in Golden Acre park in Leeds.

Why much more needs to be done to support older bereaved carers - Daxa Patel

Top things carers wish they'd known

The top 14 things unpaid carers wish they'd known at the start

Allergy sufferers told to ‘immediately’ contact their GP after adrenalin pens recalled

Allergy sufferers hit with warning as epi pens recalled by government

Helen Morgan is the Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire. PIC: UK Parliament

Caring is a skilled job and should be paid appropriately - Helen Morgan

Dreamboys fulfil 92-year-old woman’s dream of seeing male striptease

92-year-old woman fulfils life-long dream of seeing male striptease

(Composite: NationalWorld/Nothern Trains)

Key workers and carers offered 25% rail travel discount

Network has partnered with train operator Northern, to offer keyworker discounts on Advance Purchase tickets

New 25% Northern discount announced for key workers

They are the kind of vivid blue sapphires whose lustre has been lusted over for centuries. Yet these wondrous stones have lain unseen for years and may even have ended up in the bin.

Jewellery hoard worth thousands found wrapped in carrier bags

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) during a rally in Manchester, as teachers in the north of England begin the first of three days of nationwide strike action in a long-running dispute over pay.

Look at school car parks leaves me questioning teacher strikes: Sarah Todd

Carers receive a weekly allowance to help with the costs of fostering including meals and school uniforms. Photo: Adobe

Yorkshire foster parents demand cost of living increase to allowance

NHS staff and care workers given free access to live events as Concerts for Care...

Should the Covid vaccine be compulsory for carers?

Vaccine must be compulsory for carers to save lives – Yorkshire Post Letters

A bottle of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

Covid vaccinations to become mandatory for care home staff

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio...

Nightclubs, gigs, cinemas and theatres are expected to have to wait until September before they can reopen (Photo: Getty Images)

Nightclubs and theatres expected to stay closed until 90% of UK have had Covid j...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase

Care workers, like these here in Sheffield, deserve all our thanks and gratitude. (Picture Tony Johnson).

Don’t blame the care home angels – give them your thanks: Christa Ackroyd

Carers Week is an annual event which takes place each year, celebrating the fantastic work of carers in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when national Carers Week 2020 takes place - and special discounts for ca...

People in England who were shielding can now leave their homes as lockdown eases...

To thank the NHS workers who are working tirelessly throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Thursday 26 March will see a #ClapForOurCarers event dedicated to them (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how to take part in tonight's national applause to thank key workers

Professor Graham Leslie

Yorkshire philanthropist releases song to support Carers' Trust during pandemic

Captain Tom Moore raised a huge £12.5 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden (Photo: PA)

Here’s what you need to know about NHS Charities Together as Captain Tom raises ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson outside 10 Downing Street, London, joining in with a national applause for the NHS to show appreciation for all NHS workers who are helping to fight the Coronavirus.

Why Boris Johnson’s bluff and bluster isn’t hitting home – Jayne Dowle

Boris Johnson (right) and Matt Hancock, the Health and Social Care Secretary (left), have repeatedly failed to publish their social care reform plans.

Privileged politicians don’t understand the pain of countless families being plu...

A survey is giving carers a chance to have their say.

It’s time for army of carers to have their say - Yorkshire Post Letters

HELPING HANDS: A poll, carried out by Independent Age, finds that nine out of 10 MPs do not believe that the current social care system is fit for purpose. PIC: PA

Jayne Dowle: Help our elderly people... by looking closer to home

Who is responsible for NHS spending?

YP Letters: NHS bled dry by excessive spending

What is the remedy for the NHS?

YP Letters: Care failures and closed wards drive the pressure on A&E

Does the Government appreciate carers?

Jayne Dowle: Do they care about those looking after someone?

YP Comment: Carers in crisis

Family pay tribute to man mauled to death by dog
The family of Huddersfield man David Ellam who was mauled to death by a dog has paid tribute to him as a loving uncle who was proud of the town he was born in.

Carers for stroke victims in Yorkshire are '˜lacking crucial support'

What now for the future staffing of the NHS?

Why 1.4m people are carers for cancer sufferers

November 19: Cooked breakfast not so easy in age of cuts

One in seven Yorkshire carers neglect their own needs.

Yorkshire carers ‘neglecting own needs’ to help others

Carers needed to trial new app

William O'Connell

Harrogate care home staff ‘stepped over patient as he lay dying’

Zayn Malik

Horror as 1D fans urged to self-harm over Zayn exit

Carers say their role is having major impact on mental health

Emily Holzhausen: UK lags behind on workplace rights for carers

Public offered chance to play a part in improving dementia care

Recognise the pressures facing overlooked young carers

Lifeline for dementia carers unveiled

John Shannon is 97 and still volunteers

Volunteers are our frontline support for the lonely

Jacoba Oldham, Yorkshire area manager for Independent Age

Carers driven to the bread line by cuts and rising costs

Carers left to pay the price

Foster parents Robert and Karen

Fight to find homes as more children are left crying out for a loving family

Carers left to pay the price

£200,000 fund launched for carers

Carers must be given jobs guarantee, says report

Jayne Dowle: Silent army anyone may be called up to join

More support urged as carers struggle

Carers not guilty of ill-treating pensioners

Plight of the unsung carers

Legacy of time spent as parents’ carer is a difficult one

Two-month reprieve for carers’ centre

‘Talks’ cover for attack on our libraries

Carers at breaking point as stress hits families

Fears for crisis in elderly care as centres close