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"The UK's care system is at breaking point, a new report has found, after the number of full-time unpaid carers increased by more than 70 per cent in the last two decades Latest research shows that the number of people providing 35 hours or more a week of care has increased from 1.1m in 2003/04, to 1.9m in 2023/24, with a growing demand and shrinking supply impacting those in need."
"Martin McGowan, 72, and his wife Sue, 69, have spent the best part of three decades caring for one another due to their complex health conditions. It was in 1995 that Mr McGowan's first began to experience heart issues, with his consultant cardiologist describing his family history of heart conditions as a nightmare. He quickly went from being a fit and able caretaker for Hampton Council, to being on oxygen and struggling to work."
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