Dame Caroline Dinenage, the MP for Gosport and a former minister in the Department of Health and Social Care, has relaunched the APPG for Carers.

Dinenage served in the Health Department for two years, with responsibility for unpaid carers. She will co-chair the APPG with Baroness Pitkeithley, supported by Carers UK as secretariat.

Commenting on the relaunch, she says, "Unpaid carers are the unsung heroes of our health and care system. They quite often neglect their own well-being and prospects in order to look after those that they love. They save our nation a fortune in care costs and to their loved ones they are the world.  

"I look forward to working together with Carers UK to achieve greater support for carers and push for government policies which represent their needs."