husseinalalak<p>Carers UK has found there are 5.8 million unpaid carers in the UK. More than 42% of unpaid carers are men and 56% of male carers aged 18 to 64, say the role has negatively affected their mental health.</p><p>Where is our voice, when the combined number of Britain's unpaid carers is bigger than all the main political parties combined, and our value is £184bn - a cost equivalent to that of a second NHS. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nhs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carersweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carersweek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ptsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ptsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>