Support for Carers at Frome Medical Practice

At Frome Medical Practice, we offer support for unpaid carers. We have a Carers Champion at the practice who helps carers find the support they need.

Do you look after a family member, partner, or friend who needs help because of illness, disability, mental health issues, or drug/alcohol use?

You might be a carer without even realising it — even children and young people can be carers.

How to Join the Carers List

You can let us know you're a carer in any of the following ways:

You don't have to be a Frome Medical Practice Patient to be added to our carers list:

  • If you are a patient at another GP practice but care for someone at Frome Medical Practice, we can add you
  • If you are a Frome patient and care for someone at another GP practice, we can still support you

What Support You’ll Get

Once you're on our carers list, our Carers Champion will send you information about:

  • Local support groups
  • Services for carers

As a listed carer at Frome Medical Practice, you may also get:

  • Free NHS vaccinations
  • Free NHS health checks
  • Support at times that better suit your caring responsibilities, when available

If the person you care for gives permission, we can also discuss their medical care with you, so you can support them more fully.

Local Support

Somerset Carers Service

Gives help and advice to unpaid Carers in Somerset.

Visit the Somerset Carers website

Somerset County Council

If you are an unpaid carer you can have an assessment of your own needs as a carer. You can talk about your needs and the things that would make caring easier even if the person you are caring for does not want help. You can get help on the telephone or you can be seen in your own home. You can be seen on your own or with the person you are caring for.

You can ask for a carer’s assessment by calling 0300 123 2224 Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm or Saturday between 9am and 4pm.

Visit the Somerset County Council website

Carer’s Direct Helpline

You can get carers' help and advice by calling. If the line is busy, you can get a free call back at a time to suit you.

0300 123 1053

Somerset Young Carers

Somerset Council provides support, advice and respite breaks for children and young people under 18 who provide or intend to provide care for another person.

Visit the Somerset Carers website

Health Connections Frome

Offers free health and wellbeing support to patients in Mendip. There are Health Connectors based at Frome Medical Practice who can help you to find local services to support you. 

To see a list of useful services in Mendip including a page for carers click on “Mendip Directory” from the health connections home page.

Visit the Health Connections Frome website

National Support

NHS Choices

Gives help and advice for carers, like details about care equipment and aids, benefits and carers assessments.

Visit the NHS Choices website

Carers UK

Caring will affect us all at some point in our lives. We’ll be here for you when that happens. With your help, we can be there for the 6,000 people who start looking after someone each day.

Visit the Carers UK website

Carers Trust

Carers Trust is a major charity for, with and about carers. They work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems. Their vision is that unpaid carers count and can access the help they need to live their lives.

Visit the Carers Trust website