• There will be 9 million carers in the UK by 2037.
• 1.4 million people provide over 50 hours of unpaid care per week.
• Almost 1.3 million people aged 65 or older are carers.
• The number of carers over the age of 65 is increasing more rapidly than the general carer population. Whilst the total number of carers has risen by 11% since 2001, the number of older carers rose by 35%.
• Carers UK’s evidence indicates that BAME carers are less likely to be receiving practical and financial support with caring and more likely to miss out on accessing support for longer – often as a result of a lack of advice and information and struggling to access culturally appropriate services.
• The care provided unpaid, by the nations’ carers is worth an estimated £119bn per year – considerably more than total spending on the NHS.