Unpaid Carers: 'It got to the point where I wanted to throw myself down the hospital stairs. I couldn't see how I could sustain my life with what they were asking me to do' - Belfast woman left feeling like a 'workhorse' over lack of help for unpaid carers who save NI health service £5.8bn a year

Belfast woman Louise Vance (43) says that as an unpaid carer, she is often left feeling like a 'work horse' with little support. She is among over 220,000 carers in Northern Ireland that new research suggests saves the health service £5.8bn a year. 

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