Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible? | Emily Kenway

People looking after loved ones struggle to be heard by health professionals. Yet without us, the system would collapseIt’s autumn 2024 and I’m talking to an A&E doctor. We’re on the refreshment break at a conference about care. He tells me that he and his colleagues keep their NHS lanyards visible when they take loved ones to medical appointments. It means the doctors listen to them. It’s understandable; they’re peers with shared training and expertise. But it&