A health think tank has warned that the social care system would collapse without unpaid carers, who contribute the equivalent of more than four million jobs in the sector. The King's Fund is calling for more support for uncompensated workers - including a million and a half people in England alone who provide 50 or more hours of care a week to loved ones. Our health correspondent Ashish Joshi reports. Read more on: https://news.sky.com/story/social-care-system-would-collapse-without-4m-unpaid-carers-report-warns-12889569 #unpaidcarers #ukhealthsystem #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYg31l2xrF-Bj859nsOfnA To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales
Social care system 'would collapse' without unpaid carers - report
A health think tank has warned that the social care system would collapse without unpaid carers, who contribute the equivalent of more than four million jobs in the sector. The King's Fund is calling for more support for uncompensated workers - including a million and a half people in England alone who provide 50 or more hours of care a week to loved ones. Our health correspondent Ashish Joshi reports. Read more on: https://news.sky.com/story/social-care-system-would-collapse-without-4m-unpaid-carers-report-warns-12889569 #unpaidcarers #ukhealthsystem #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYg31l2xrF-Bj859nsOfnA To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales