Carr Gomm features in a new three part, UK-wide BBC documentary – Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In.
Carr Gomm welcomed Scottish rapper and social commentator, Darren McGarvey to Carr Gomm as he spent a day on shift with our Dunoon Mobile Homecare Responder Service. Darren met John and Anne who receive support from the team, and spoke with Responders, Tiffany Mcarthur and Alison Minton, about what it’s like to work in social care.
Watch the episode on the following channels:
- BBC iPlayer – Now
- BBC Scotland – Tuesday 12 March: 22:00
- BBC Two – Thursday 14 March: 21:00
Carr Gomm is proud to feature in this documentary, sparking a national conversation on the realities of social care across the UK and inspiring people with the impact that our person-centred support has on people and communities across Scotland.
Carr Gomm’s Chief Executive, Lucy Wren said:
“It is important that we all understand the challenges and pressures of delivering health and social care today, and this programme highlights how an organisation like Carr Gomm can be part of helping the system to work. Most people want to be cared for at home and only see hospital as the last place to go for a specific treatment. All parts of the health and social care system need funding to deliver the complimentary support to all the other parts.”
From August 2023 – February 2024, 6013 visits were made which enabled people in Argyll & Bute to live in their own homes, avoiding a preventable admission to hospital.
Across these six months, our teams made:
- 1832 visits to support people to stay safely in their home (after a fall, GPS alarm call, or to be supported in their discharge home).
- 3778 visits to provide emergency homecare support to prevent hospital admission
- 1003 visits to prevent hospital or care home admission.
Find out more about our services in Argyll and Bute.
Picture Credit: BBC/Tern Television Productions Limited/Jack Cocker | Photographer: Jack Cocker | Image copyright: Tern Television Productions Limited
