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Lauren Harte

Co Down mum's frustration as an unpaid carer ‘forced to beg for help’ from health service

A Co Down mum has spoken of her frustration at the lack of support available for unpaid carers in Northern Ireland.

It's been a decade since Barbara Morrow from Ballyhalbert left her 18 year career in the civil service to care full time for her two children, nine-year-old Zachary and Scarlett, aged 7.

Both children have autism while Zachary also has a lifelong bowel disease which requires constant care.

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