New Online NHS Social Care Guide

Advice and Information - 3 October 2018

Do you, or someone you know, need help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability? Read about the new guide that could help you.
Image of digital devices

The online Social care and support guide, recently published by NHS Digital, could help you find the information you need to plan and prepare for your, or a loved one's, care needs.

What is in the guide

The Social care and support guide explains your options, where you can get support and how you can best make decisions on behalf of someone else.

  • Help from social services and charities
  • Care services, equipment and care homes
  • Money, work and support and benefits for carers
  • Practical tips if you care for someone
  • Caring for children and young people
  • Care after a hospital stay
  • Making decisions for someone else

For more information

Visit the NHS website

You might also be interested in

An image saying do more with the NHS app

The NHS app

The NHS App allows you to access a range of NHS services. You can download the NHS App on your phone or tablet. You can also access the same services in a web browser by logging in through the NHS website.

You must be aged 13 or over to use the NHS App. You also need to be registered with a GP surgery in England or the Isle of Man.
Advice and Information

South West London Healthwatch Accessible Information Standard Project

Healthwatch Sutton, together with the other Healthwatch organisations in South West London (Healthwatch Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth), are currently working with patients, carers, and GP practices on a project about the Accessible Information Standard.
News