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NYCC Carers Strategy Consultation 12 June, 2017 | |
"North Yorkshire County Council will publish a new strategy this summer in partnership with the NHS which focuses on the health and wellbeing of carers. It will be an all-ages strategy, aimed at supporting carers to both continue caring and to have a life of their own. The strategy has been produced by the Health & Wellbeing Board for North Yorkshire, working on behalf of local residents. Three in five people will be a carer at some point and almost everyone will know a family member, friend or colleague who is currently a carer. Following a period of engagement with carers and partners over the past year, reviewing what’s working and what needs to change, a number of themes for the draft strategy have been proposed. These are:
To make sure the themes, priorities for improvement and key commitments included in the draft strategy are right for carers and the people they care for, a six week period of formal consultation will run until 23 June. People can find out more about the carers strategy consultation online [+ go back...] |