NHS England Carers Week 2026 - 'Building Carer Friendly Communities'

Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign led by Carers UK to recognise the vital contribution made by the estimated 5.8 million unpaid carers across England. This year the NHSE Experience and Partnerships team are hosting a week of webinars around the theme `Building Carer Friendly Communities`., we’ll be highlighting the impact carer friendly communities can have in making a real and lasting difference to the lives of carers everywhere. 

Carer friendly communities are places, spaces, services and community groups where unpaid carers are recognised, understood, and valued. They make support part of everyday life ensuring carers get the opportunities and help they need.  

The webinars are designed to share best practice, and provide opportunities for services to network and link, upscale work and share lessons learned.

We are delighted to be joined by a number of guest speakers throughout the week, so please join us as we shine a light on the fantastic work happening across our providers, systems and regions to support unpaid carers. Click the links below to register and guarantee your space now.

Date & Time

Presentation

Guest Speakers

Booking Link

08/06/26

Young Carers

13:00

Creating a child friendly city- Manchester Young Carers Partnership

Maureen Howell, Kelly Hockaday- Manchester City Council 

Carers Week 2026- Young Carers Session | NHS England Events

09/06/26

Care Planning

13:00

An approach in adult social care and mental health services that is person-centred approach, empowering individuals and their networks to create plans for managing care, safeguarding, and complex life challenges.

Katriona Hartnett- and Sean Ahern - Adass- Camden Council  

Carers Week 2026- Care Planning Session | NHS England Events

10/06/26

Hospital to Community

13:00

Established 2022 in response to Health & Care Act Section 19. The ambition is to improve & measure carer experience of hospital discharge across the two local systems- Kingston Upon Thames and Richmond Upon Thames & Wandsworth. 

Laura Green - Kingston and Richmond NHSFT 

Carers Week 2026- Hospital to Community Session | NHS England Events

11/06/26

Neighbourhood Health Service and Unpaid Carers

13:00

Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme and how Unpaid Carers are recognised as essential partners in delivering community-based care.

Emily Holzhausen- Carers UK and Carrie McKenzie – NHS England  

Carers Week 2026- Neighbourhood Health Service and Unpaid Carers Session | NHS England Events

12/06/26

Data in GP Practices

13:00

Looking at how the SystmOne General Practice Unpaid Carer template has been implemented to improve the identification and support of unpaid carers in Dorset GP practices.  

Lizzie Eden; Sarah Sims – Dorset NHSFT 

Carers Week 2026- Data in GP Practices Session | NHS England Events

Visit the Carers UK website to find out how you or your organisation can get involved in Carers Week activities. Launching soon, on the homepage there will be the opportunity to add your voices to the thousands of people, “Building Carer Friendly Communities”.  

There's helpful information for health services, looking to support Carers Week and resources to help you plan your activities. 

Follow us on @teamCNO and @NHSThinkCarer #NHSThinkCarer for updates.