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Employers should let staff who care for elderly parents choose their working hours, the health secretary has said.
Jeremy Hunt said Britain was facing a "dementia time bomb" and said many employers were not doing enough to offer flexible working hours to carers.
He told the Daily Telegraph the country could not afford to lose experienced workers who double as carers.
Meanwhile, a report has warned England is facing a shortfall in the number of people able to give vital unpaid care.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23810109
Jeremy Hunt said Britain was facing a "dementia time bomb" and said many employers were not doing enough to offer flexible working hours to carers.
He told the Daily Telegraph the country could not afford to lose experienced workers who double as carers.
Meanwhile, a report has warned England is facing a shortfall in the number of people able to give vital unpaid care.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23810109