We recommend that the Casey Commission includes a specific workstream dedicated to reducing the pressures on carers, especially young carers. This workstream should consider how to support unpaid carers better, to ensure they get the respite they need and to look after their own health and wellbeing. It should also consider how businesses could be better incentivised to employ and support unpaid carers. (Recommendation, Paragraph 48) Costs to the care system

We recommend that the Casey Commission includes a specific workstream dedicated to reducing the pressures on carers, especially young carers. This workstream should consider how to support unpaid carers better, to ensure they get the respite they need and to look after their own health and wellbeing. It should also consider how businesses could be better incentivised to employ and support unpaid carers. (Recommendation, Paragraph 48) Costs to the care system Type: recommendation | Number: 7 | Response status: accepted Government response: We agree with this recommendation. We have committed around £9 billion of funding to the BCF for 2025 to 2026, including increasing the NHS minimum contribution to adult social care and the Disabled Facilities Grant. Through the BCF policy framework for 2025 to 2026, we have refocused the BCF to ali