Our projects and reports

Our report on what matters to young carers in North Tyneside 2024 explores how thing have changed for young carers over time as well as offering a snapshot of what issues are currently affecting them.

As part of the events to mark Carer’s Week, Healthwatch North Tyneside has shared the results of the ‘Caring in North Tyneside in 2022’ survey. 681 carers took time to share their views and experiences of caring in 2022 in a survey conducted with North Tyneside Carers’ Centre on behalf of North Tyneside’s Carers Partnership Board. The study was similar to that carried out in 2021 about carers’ experiences during the pandemic, so we are able to compare the responses and see progress.

In the summer we partnered with North Tyneside Carers’ Centre to ask carers in North Tyneside to tell us about their experiences of caring during the pandemic and the impact it had on their wellbeing. The findings raised concerns with 52% of carers telling us they were providing significantly more care than they were before the pandemic, and 50% of carers identified that they felt more isolated now, compared to before the pandemic.

From January to April 2017 we went to carers’ groups to talk to carers and hear their experiences of accessing information, advice, support and carers’ wellbeing assessments.