In this months programme we are talking to Suzanne Mitz president and Chief Executive Officer of the National Family Caregivers Association in the United States of America to discuss the recent health Care reform bill pushed through Senate and what it means for Carers in America. Gordon Conochie Joint Policy and Parliamentary Officer at the Princess Royal Trust for Carers joins us about some alarming new research which reveals 80% of new monies given by the UK Government to Primary Care Trusts in 2009/10 has not been used to increase support for Carers as it was intended. We also make a stop in Australia to discuss a study entitled ' The Tyranny of distance which reveals how the great distances within Australia creates an added dimension in dealing with Carers in remote areas.