Agenda item

Carer’s Strategy 2023-2026.

Carer’s Strategy 2023-2026. A strategy for those of all ages who provide informal and unpaid care in Havering.

The report was introduced by Councillor Gillian Ford, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Care Services.

The Carer’s Strategy focusses on unpaid Carers (those who provide unpaid and informal care to their friends or family) who provide invaluable support for loved ones and friends on a daily basis. The recent Covid Pandemic further highlighted the significant role that they play in supporting people to remain well at home. They coordinate care and appointments, provide personal care, and improve the wellbeing of those they look after. It is important that health, care and the community and voluntary sector support unpaid carers to continue to provide the invaluable tasks that they carry out every day. They often however don’t recognise that they are performing this crucial function as a ‘carer’. 2021 Census data suggests up to one in ten people in Havering provide informal and unpaid care on a regular basis.

In the context of the developing Havering Place based Partnership, which brings together health, care and the community and voluntary sector in Havering with a focus on integrating services and support for local people in a way that is meaningful to them, partners in Havering have jointly undertaken a refresh of the strategy for informal and unpaid carers, to ensure that we deliver improved experiences and outcomes in the Borough.