How good are general practices at recording who is an unpaid carer?

Unpaid carers provide vital support to vulnerable people, doing work worth tens of billions to the economy. Identifying carers in is essential for ensuring that people who provide care have access to the right support. This long read compares GP records with census data to reveal that nearly a million unpaid carers in England are not being picked up in GP records. Carers in more deprived areas and those from Black backgrounds are especially likely to be overlooked.