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What does Frome Medical Practice offer?
Do you look after or help a relative or friend due to illness, disability, mental health, or substance use disorder? This includes a child helping a relative. It is sometimes difficult to recognise that you are an unpaid carer and that you are taking on another role, but Frome Medical Practice offers support for unpaid carers.
We have a carers champion who works to support carers at the practice. Please ask us for more details.
It is simple to register as a carer; new patients can do this when registering as a new patient using the registration form. You can register online via the link below or you can speak to a member of staff. They will tell the carers champion so you can be sent the relevant paperwork. Frome Medical Practice patients who are on our list of registered carers have access to free NHS flu vaccinations, free NHS health checks. We also offer appointment times to best fit caring needs when they are available.
Our carers register is not only for Frome Medical practice patients. We can add carers who are registered at different practices if they care for a Frome Medical Practice patient. We also register carers who are patients here but care for a non-Frome Medical Practice patient. When you become registered as a carer, the carers champion will send you leaflets for support groups and services available for carers.
If consent is given by the person you care for, carers are also able to discuss the patient’s medical records. This means you can be more involved with their health and care needs on their behalf.
Local Support
Somerset Carers Service
Gives help and advice to unpaid Carers in Somerset.
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.
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.
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.
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.
National Support
NHS Choices
Gives help and advice for carers, like details about care equipment and aids, benefits and carers assessments.
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.
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.