National carers strategy: equality impact assessment

Footnotes

1. Refer to Definitions of Protected Characteristics document for information on the characteristics

2. Scottish Government, (2022). Background - Scotland's Carers Update Release: December 2022.

3. Scottish Government, (2015). Scotland's Carers. N.B. Age breakdown in Scotland's Carers report could be outdated. There is now a commitment in Strategy to update Scotland's Carers using Census 2022 data.

4. Pearson, B., Skelly, R., Wileman, D. and Masud, T, (2002). Unplanned readmission to hospital: A comparison of the views of general practitioners and hospital staff.

5. UK Government, 2011. 2011 Census - Office for National Statistics. N.B. A long-term condition was defined as one which lasted 12 months or more. Respondents were asked to self-select from a list of options comprising: deafness or partial hearing loss, blindness or partial sight loss, learning disability, learning difficulty, developmental disorder, physical disability, mental health condition, long term illness, disease or condition, other condition (respondent to specify), and no condition.

6. The Scottish Government, (2015). Scotland's Carers - Chapter 2

7. The Scottish Government, (2015). Scotland's Carers - Chapter 2. N.B. Statistic could be outdated as report was produced in 2011. There is more recent data from this year's Carer Census which suggests 73%; however, this data relates to carers being supported by local services during 2021-22, rather than the carer population as a whole.

8. The Scottish Government, (2022). Carers Census, Scotland, 2021-22.

9. Social Security, (2020). Social Security Scotland Statistics.

10. Arskey and Hirst, (2005). Unpaid carers' access to and use of primary care services.

11. The Scottish Government, (2014). Carers Legislation - Consultation on Proposals: Responses.

12. Carers UK, (2022). The experiences of Black, Asian and minority ethnic carers during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.N.B. This is a report on carers across the UK, rather than Scotland specifically. However, engagement with stakeholders found that Black, Asian and minority ethnic carers are also disproportionately impacted by the negative effects of caring in Scotland.

13. The Scottish Government, (2015). Census 2011 equality results: analysis, part two.

14. The Scottish Government, (2015). Scotland's Carers – Chapter 1: Who provides care in Scotland?

15. MECOPP, (2021). MECOPP.pdf">Hidden carers: unheard voices.

16. See EQIA – Setting the Scene for further information on the legislation.