Who cares?

The experiences of mental health carers accessing services and information.

Rethink regularly carries out social survey research to monitor expert opinion on standards of mental health care. The recent Our Point of View survey, upon which this report is based, asked: are things getting better for the people who use mental health services, their families and friends at the beginning of the 21st Century in Britain?

Who Cares? asks how easy is it for a mental health carer to access the support, information and services they need to do their vital, but unheralded job. It also offers some simple recommendations to help government and professionals recognise that recovery from severe mental illness can be made easier when carers are fully involved.