Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the Medway Joint Carers’ Strategy, which had been coproduced with carers and in consultation with stakeholders. The Strategy set out how health and social care services, provider organisations and the voluntary sector would work together over the next five years to respond and meet the needs of carers in Medway.

The report stated that the success of implementing this Strategy would lie firmly in a collaborative and joined up approach. In addition, it was noted that a clear governance and performance framework would help to drive the Strategy forward through the development of a joint delivery plan which would measure whole system benefit.

The report had been considered by the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the Health and Wellbeing Board and their comments were set out in sections 4 and 5 of the report respectively.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the Strategy, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

Reasons:

Approval of the Strategy will reconfirm the Council’s commitment to support carers, meeting the Council’s legal duty to assess and identify the eligible needs of carers.