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because potentially the money is huge when it comes to this because not only are there carers we know about but also those we do not know about. i about but also those we do not know about. ~ ,., . ., , about but also those we do not know about. ~ . ., , ., about. i think politicians have ianored about. i think politicians have ignored and _ about. i think politicians have ignored and forgotten - about. i think politicians have ignored and forgotten carers. j about. i think politicians have - ignored and forgotten carers. partly the social care which sometimes gets debated. workers looking after people in homes but also family carers. family carers do the bulk of the caring, looking after loved ones. often they are strained and stressed. the danger is if we do not support them, they will not be able to continue caring and that falls on the taxpayer and is difficult to provide. what we are saying at the election, what we are putting at the front of the nhs strategy, is this big package on care, making it more affordable for people and making sure we attract people into the system. if we do that we take pressure off hospitals. and therefore people can be discharged
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a carerfor my mum when she was terminally ill, then my gran looked after me and i looked after my nana when she was frail, and now i look after my disabled son with my wife. and so i sort of understand about how family carers are under pressure because there are millions of families who are looking after their loved ones and they need more support. we also need to invest in social care. these are the care workers who are paid. we need to make sure they get a decent minimum wage, and we're saying £2 an hour above the national wage at least, because we need more people to be supported in care, to look after loved ones who are either waiting to be discharged from hospital so they don't have to go into hospital. if we do that, we rescue our nhs. 0ur nhs is on its knees and one of the main reasons it is on its knees is people haven't invested in social care and they haven't looked after family carers, and our package today does just that. of course it's a interesting plan, but how much is it going to cost? how could it be funded? yeah, well, the personal care costs 2.7 billion a year and the extra money for care workers would cost about a billion,
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