Dr Lucy Pocock

Hello, my name’s Lucy Pocock and I’m a GP working in South Gloucestershire. When somebody needs care at home, GPs are often the first port of call for patients and their families. But it might surprise you to know that, actually, many GPs don’t know anything about how the social care system works. We didn’t receive very much training about it and we are not really involved in the process. So I think this is a great resource for patients and their families to find out more about how they access social care; for GPs so that they can signpost their patients to this resource and learn more themselves. And also for GPs in training to really get an understanding of the social care system, how they can support patients and their families to negotiate the social care system.