www.cypnow.co.uk/doc Young carers are being left isolated and offered little support from schools, GPs and councils, according to a report by the government's Health and Social Care Taskforce. The report calls on all public sector organisations to do more to support carers, with recommendations including a family approach to care assessments by councils. It says adult and children's services need to work better in partnership and for a performance indicator to be created to measure councils' effectiveness in ensuring young people are not pushed into excessive or inappropriate caring roles....


.gif)